peasantry

In the stalk of the rye occurs a knot, forming a slight bulge known to the peasantry as the “sweet joint.”

A French patois is the language of the peasantry, but English is generally understood.

He was in spirit nearer to the peasantry than many of the Friars who themselves came from the flesh of the peasantry.

Here, a great number of peasantry attempted a defense, but were easily defeated and a number of prisoners taken.