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

Etymology

Origin of peasant proprietor

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

But to solve the problem of rural Ireland—which, as I have said, is the Irish problem—more is required than the conversion of the occupying tenant into a peasant proprietor.

From Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union by Rosenbaum, S.

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 Abbott, Frank Frost

Their position was better than that of a small peasant proprietor.

From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by Scott, J.W. Robertson

Probably the most perfect example of natural nobility is afforded by the peasant proprietor of pastoral Leon; then there is a pelt-clad, root-grubbing homo sylvestris peculiar to Estremenian wilds, who awaits attention of ethnologists.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

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 Pease, Edward R.