peasants
- plural of peasant.
Example Sentences
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Wat Tyler led the Peasants Revolt some 150 years later to get a better deal for farm laborers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
Peasants burned châteaux and records of the dues they owed local nobles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Among his hundreds of publications are the monographs “Before the Revolution: The Vietnamese Peasants Under the French” and “Vietnamese Women in Society and Revolution: The French Colonial Period.”
From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2022
“We can’t repress our astonishment,” said a joint statement issued by the local branches of two major farmers’ organizations — the Korean Peasants League and the Korean Women Peasants Association.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2022
“Definitely. If you don’t, the dragon will kill the peasants. You slay the dragon, the peasants will rejoice. Peasants always love dragon slayers.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
