однодво́рка

rare #43365

nounfeminineanimatecountable

1.
(rare) female smallholder, woman of the smallholder classhistory
Его мать была́ однодво́ркой.
His mother was a smallholder.
Historical: refers to the Russian odnodvortsy, free peasants who owned a single homestead.
2.
(rare) smallholder's wife, woman from a smallholder familyhistory
Он жени́лся на однодво́рке.
He married a smallholder's daughter.
3.
(rare) single farmstead, small estate, outlying farmagriculture
Их однодво́рка стояла у самого леса.
Their farmstead stood right by the forest.
Inanimate use.

Examples

В романе рассказывается о бедной однодворке и её сыне.
The novel tells the story of a poor smallholder and her son.
Его бабушка была однодворкой из южной губернии.
His grandmother was a smallholder's daughter from one of the southern provinces.
Однодворка сама управляла небольшим хозяйством.
The smallholder woman managed the small farm herself.

однодво́рецsmallholder; neighbour sharing the same yard
nounmasculine
однодво́ркаfemale smallholder; smallholder's wife; single farmstead
nounfeminine