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Peasantry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The social class constituted by peasants.

n. The condition, rank, or conduct of a peasant.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Impoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands.

n. Ignorant people of the lowest social status; bumpkins, rustics.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics.

n. Rusticity; coarseness.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Peasants collectively; a body of peasants.

n. Rusticity; coarseness.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the class of peasants

Word Usage

"Of course, I described it as the petition of the nobility, clergy, gentry, yeomanry, and peasantry of the county of ----; and, could you believe it, they struck out _peasantry_ as"

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

social class stratum socio-economic class class

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

rusticity coarseness

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

pleasantry

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

peasant gentry settler inhabitant labourer