ˈbīˌvōnə(r), ˈbāˌv- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Afrikaans, from by with, at (from Middle Dutch bī ) + woner dweller (from woon to dwell — from Middle Dutch wōnen — + -er ); akin to Old High German bī with, at, and to Old High German wonēn to dwell — more at by , wont
southern Africa : a laborer or farmer working another person's land:
a. : squatter
b. : sharecropper