peasant proprietor

American  

[pez-uhnt pruh-prahy-i-ter] / ˈpɛz ənt prəˈpraɪ ɪ tər /

noun

1. a peasant who owns land, especially the land they till.

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Other Word Forms

• peasant proprietorship
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of peasant proprietor

First recorded in 1785–95

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Example Sentences

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peasant proprietor

The peasant proprietor who could raise his own cattle and grain would not find the burden so hard to bear.

From The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Frank Frost Abbott

Like the peasant proprietor, who gives part of his time to his overlord, the slave is provided with the necessaries of life independently of his obedience to the detailed orders of his master.

From A Critical Examination of Socialism by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock

She made a bargain, less extravagant than I expected, with the peasant proprietor, promising, however, a very handsome pourboire to his son in the event of our good fortune.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various

There was the literary criticism of Mr. Hilaire Belloc, whose ideal is the peasant proprietor of France, freed from governmental control, a self-sufficient producer of all his requirements.

From The History of the Fabian Society by Edward R. Pease

Thus thrown into competition with slave labor the peasant proprietor found it impossible to sustain himself.

From The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker

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