peasantry

Noun

Meaning

Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics.

Rusticity; coarseness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

farmers Peasants mass commons people public farmer bourgeois folk crowd masses farming peasant populace mob
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Antonyms

best quality choice chosen elite cream
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Hypernyms

class stratum social class socio-economic class

Examples

According to Norman Stillman : "jizya and kharaj were a "crushing burden for the non-Muslim peasantry who eked out a bare living in a subsistence economy." Source: Internet

Although he had some trouble with the peasantry, the lands and treasures of the church enabled him to propitiate the nobles and for a time to provide for the expenses of the court. Source: Internet

Ali Këlcyra and Midhat Frashëri formed the Western-oriented Balli Kombëtar (National Front). citation Balli Kombetar was a movement that recruited supporters from both the large landowners and peasantry. Source: Internet

Anti-clerical sentiment became much stronger than ever before, but was now based in certain elements of the middle class and indeed the peasantry as well. Source: Internet

As a matter of fact, at this time the Finnish peasantry was outraged by the actions of their elite and almost exclusively supported Gustav's actions against the conspirators. Source: Internet

Agrarianism was the dominant political philosophy in the countryside, as the peasantry organized a movement independent of any existing party. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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