peasant proprietor
noun
a peasant who owns land, especially the land they till.
peasant proprietorship
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a word derived from
peasant proprietor.
Example Sentences
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The Program is founded on a reaffirmation of peasant proprietorship.
From Time Magazine Archive
It ought to be that peasant proprietorship will make the holder more industrious and a better farmer than he has been as tenant.
From About Ireland by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
Nearly everywhere else exists the assumption of peasant proprietorship; that a poor man may be a landlord, though he is only lord of his own land.
From What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Like any parasitic growth, slavery and forced labor destroyed the fabric of a largely self-contained economy based on peasant proprietorship.
From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Scott Nearing
The extortions of the corn-market, the formation of large estates, the frequency of mortgages, all show that the small peasant proprietorship was unable to hold its own against the accumulations of wealth.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
