noun
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peasants as a class
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conduct characteristic of peasants
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the status of a peasant
Etymology
Origin of peasantry
Example Sentences
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Claudius has made himself a monarch again, standing at the head of a shrieking horde of desperate peasantry who believe he can unbar the door to that heavenly place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
They are members of a technological medieval peasantry.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024
Zubak’s desire to redistribute land to the peasantry and his elevation of rural culture is the stuff of many if not most revolutions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
It was rumored to have been said by an out-of-touch Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, after she learned that the French peasantry had run out of bread.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
Most of the soldiers in the Crusades were recruited from the peasantry.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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