1) Scottish tenant-farmer 2) Small farmer 
• (n.) One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, the crofters of Scotland.
Croft'er noun One who rents and tills a small farm or holding; as, the crofters of Scotland. 
A crofter is a peasant farmer of the Highlands of Scotland. They share certain rights of common pasture while owning arable land individually. Their rights cam be traced back to an early clan system. Crofters rent a few acres of land, with sometimes the right of grazing their cattle in common on a piece of rough pasture. Crofters were formerly nume...
[n] - an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain
noun an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain
a person who rents and works a small farm, esp. in Scotland or northern England.