torppari

== Finnish == === Etymology === torppa +‎ -ari or directly from Swedish torpare < torp + -are === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtorpːɑri/, [ˈt̪o̞rpːɑ̝ri] Rhymes: -orpːɑri Syllabification(key): torp‧pa‧ri Hyphenation(key): torp‧pa‧ri === Noun === torppari (historical) crofter (tenant farmer who paid his rent chiefly by working for the landlord, and earned his own living chiefly from the rented land) (figuratively, ironic, by extension) any person who is in a long-term relation in which they feel that someone else benefits from the best part of their work pankin torppari ― a holder of a large mortgage ==== Declension ==== ==== Hypernyms ==== vuokraviljelijä (“tenant farmer”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== lampuoti loinen muonamies mäkitupalainen torppa === Further reading === “torppari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023