méger

See also: megér

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan mejer (compare modern Occitan miegé, miegié, megié, megé), itself from a Late Latin mediārius or derived from meg, from Latin medius (“middle, half”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.ʒe/

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Noun

méger m (plural mégers, feminine mégère)

1. (archaic) sharecropper

   Synonym: métayer

Further reading

• “méger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.