ryot

[ rahy-uh t ]

/ ˈraɪ ət /

noun (in India)

a peasant.

a person who holds land as a cultivator of the soil.

Words nearby ryot

ryle, rynd, ryobu shinto, ryojunko, ryokan, ryot, rysanek, ryswick, ryukyu, ryukyu islands, ryukyuan

Origin of ryot

1615–25; < Hindi raiyat < Persian < Arabic raʿīyah subjects, literally, flock

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Examples from the Web for ryot

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New Site RYOT Combines Breaking News With Activism|Nina Strochlic|July 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Darg adds that RYOT can point concerned readers in a direction they may not have considered previously.
New Site RYOT Combines Breaking News With Activism|Nina Strochlic|July 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
From there, our engagement just flew through the charts, and there's pretty much no question that RYOT really fueled that.
New Site RYOT Combines Breaking News With Activism|Nina Strochlic|July 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Along with stringers, freelancers, and citizen journalists, RYOT gets its content from a less traditional source.
New Site RYOT Combines Breaking News With Activism|Nina Strochlic|July 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST

One school said, “Borrow the money and the land will be so enriched that the ryot will be able to pay increased taxation.”
The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 2 of 2|Edward Tyas Cook
And he walked quickly off to where the ryot was waiting and holding his guns.
Mr. Isaacs|F. Marion Crawford
The nature of the ryot is such, that he will submit to a great deal to avoid having to leave his home and his work.
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier|James Inglis
The ryot used his implements whenever and wherever he pleased.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston
Our courts of law are used by these harpies as engines of oppression; toil as he may the ryot is never free from debt.
Tales of Bengal|S. B. Banerjea

British Dictionary definitions for ryot

ryot

/ (ˈraɪət) /

noun

(in India) a peasant or tenant farmer

Word Origin for ryot

C17: from Hindi ra`īyat, from Arabic ra`īyah flock, peasants, from ra`ā pasture

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