mezzadro

== Italian == === Etymology === Of northern Italian origin, from Late Latin mediator (via the nominative), from Latin medius. Cf. also French métayer, Spanish mediero, Sicilian mitateri. Doublet of mediatore. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /medˈd͡za.dro/ Rhymes: -adro Hyphenation: mez‧zà‧dro === Noun === mezzadro m (plural mezzadri, feminine mezzadra) sharecropper ==== Derived terms ==== mezzadria === Further reading === mezzadro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana