peasantry

CEFRC1

/ˈpɛzəntɹi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The social class of poor farmers.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • The peasantry revolted wielding pitchforks and clubs.

  • The tax bore hard on the peasantry.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The condition of being a peasant; the position, rank, conduct, or quality of a peasant.

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

More examples

In context

  • Such strange lingering echoes of the old demon worship might perhaps even now be caught by the diligent listener among the gray-haired peasantry; for the rude mind with difficulty associates the ideas of power and benignity.

  • Whoever would appear at the Diet, muſt previouſly become a country-man, or aſſume the peaſantry, and alſo ſue for it with the laudable Land-ſtates and obtain it at the Land-diet.

  • How much low pezantry would then be gleaned / From the true ſeede of honor? And how much honor, / Pickt from the chaffe and ruine of the times / To be new verniſh’d?

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The harsh winter caused great suffering among the local blank who relied on crops.

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Origin

noun

From peasant + -ry, from Middle English paissaunt.