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Definition of Peasanthood
1. Noun. The state of being a peasant. "The same homely dress she wore in the days of her peasanthood"
Derivative terms: Peasant, Peasant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peasanthood
Literary usage of Peasanthood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetry of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1897)
"... to see that to apologise for Burns is vain: that we must accept him frankly
and without reserve for a peasant of genius perverted from his peasanthood, ..."
2. The Poetry of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1896)
"... to see that to apologise for Burns is vain: that we must accept him frankly
and without reserve for a peasant of genius perverted from his peasanthood, ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1891)
"But the vicissitudes of feudal life had in store even a keener degradation than
the mere wrongs of power or the hardships of peasanthood. ..."
4. Literary Essays by George Edward Woodberry (1920)
"... more simply the universal peasant nature of the South, but he is as abundantly
Spanish in his peasanthood as Don Quixote in his sublimated chivalry. ..."
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