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

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peasant proprietor

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 S. Rosenbaum

The Reverend Patrick Brontë was one of the ten children of a peasant proprietor at Ahaderg in county Down.

From Emily Brontë by A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson

At the head of the schedule they placed some man of local popularity, usually a peasant proprietor, whose name was not repeated in many, if any, other schedules.

From Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election by John H. Humphreys

Unlike the peasant proprietor," says Lecky, "and also unlike the mediaeval serf, the cottier had no permanent interest in the soil, and no security for his future position.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters by Jonathan Swift

Here, too, the peasant proprietor is largely in evidence, which is an undoubted factor in the general prosperity.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield