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Definition of Peasantry
1. Noun. The class of peasants.
Definition of Peasantry
1. n. Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics.
Definition of Peasantry
1. Noun. (historical) Impoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands. ¹
2. Noun. An ignorant person of the lowest social status; bumpkins, rustics. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peasantry
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Peasantry
Literary usage of Peasantry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1844)
"Their luxury lay in hospitality, and the chase was their sole amusement ; in this
the peasantry had their share. When the wolf, the boar, or the stag was to ..."
2. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"Their luxury lay in hospitality, and the chase was their sole amusement; in this
the peasantry had their share. When the wolf, the boar, ..."
3. France by Morgan (Sydney), Thomas Charles Morgan (1818)
"BOOK I. THE peasantry. The peasantry before the Revolution. ... of the peasantry
arising out of the Revolution.—The Labourers.—Farmers.—Small Proprietors. ..."
4. France by Morgan (Sydney), Thomas Charles Morgan (1817)
"The peasantry before the Revolution.—Cond,tion of the peasantry arising out of
the Revolution.—The Labourers.—Farmers.—Small Proprietors. ..."
5. The Ancient Régime by Hippolyte Taine (1881)
"Sentiments of the peasantry towards them.—III. Absentee Seigniors.—Vast extent
of their fortunes and rights.—Posse*sing greater advantages they owe greater ..."
6. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1829)
"... among the peasantry — The united peasantry assemble in large Bodies in Military
array — Alarm excited by these Meetings — Revival of the Orange, ..."
7. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"Now, however, the peasantry no longer look to their gods, but to the officer in
charge of the District, for protection; and when he fails them, ..."
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