‖ minifundista, n.
(mɪnɪfʊnˈdɪstə)
Also anglicized as minifundist.
[Sp. or Port., f. *minifundio n. or *minifundium n. + -ista -ist.]
One who owns, works, or lives on a minifundium.
| 1969 C. N. Hewitt in H. A. Landsberger Latin Amer. Peasant Movements ix. 278 The agreste is thus the region of Pernambuco which contains the largest number of minifundistas—holders of very small plots who often rent land..to support their families. 1970 J. Cotler in I. L. Horowitz Masses in Lat. Amer. xii. 414 The abundance of manpower in the area—due to a landless or minifundist population—contributes to make it cheap. 1983 Science 22 July 355/2 Bergmann contrasts small-scale minifundista herders and large-scale ranchers in Argentine Patagonia. 1991 Washington Post 22 Dec. e4/1 We passed the tiny stone farmhouses on the lower slopes occupied by the minifundista, the small landowners of the Andes. |