Answer: croppers

AnswerCrossword Clue
CROPPERSTenant farmers
croppersA plant that yields a crop of a specified kind or in a specified way
croppersA person who raises a crop, esp. as a sharecropper
croppersA machine or person that cuts or trims something, such as wool off a sheep or the pile of a carpet during manufacture
croppersCROPPER, one that crops (to cut off short)