Word: heathcroppers
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: heath
cro
ppers
Definition: Plural of heathcropper. A farm animal, particularly a wild pony, kept to graze on the heath, particularly associated with Wessex.
Morphemes:
Affix: heath
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
Affix: crop
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: croppen
Language: enm
Decoded: croppen
Meaning: to cut, pluck and eat
Affix: -er
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A person whose occupation is (the noun).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -aris
Language: la
Decoded: -aris
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form an adjective, usually from a noun, indicating a relationship or a pertaining to.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.