peasant proprietor
Americannoun
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Origin of peasant proprietor
First recorded in 1785–95
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His father was a respectable peasant proprietor, described by Herr Goebel as Anspanner.
From Men of Invention and Industry by Samuel Smiles
I would again remark that any comparison between the condition of the English agricultural labourer and the French peasant proprietor is irrelevant and inconclusive.
From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Matilda Betham-Edwards
The business of the gombeen man is going, and one may well hope to see arise before long that thrift and energy characteristic of the peasant proprietor, whether in France, Belgium, or Lombardy.
From Ireland and the Home Rule Movement by Michael F. J. McDonnell
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
My inn, recommended by an old Nuremberg friend, was owned and managed by a peasant proprietor, his wife, their elderly daughter, and two charming orphan grandchildren in their early teens.
From Home Life in Germany by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
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