Historical Farming Practices

noun a domesticated bovine animal kept for milk or meat; a castrated bull

• The farmer used an ox to plow the fields.
• I saw a huge ox in the pasture.
• That ox is massive!
• He's as strong as an ox.

noun A farmer who works on land owned by someone else and pays rent in cash or a portion of the produce.

• The tenant farmer was responsible for cultivating the land and paying rent to the landowner.
• The tenant farmer works hard on the farm and rents the land from someone else.
• The tenant farmer is basically renting the farm to grow crops.
• Being a tenant farmer in life means you are constantly working for someone else's benefit.