ryot
Americannoun
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a peasant.
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a person who holds land as a cultivator of the soil.
noun
Etymology
Origin of ryot
1615–25; < Hindi raiyat < Persian < Arabic raʿīyah subjects, literally, flock
Example Sentences
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A borrowed transmitter and some receiving sets lent by Marconi Co. in 1935 made possible the first experiment in taking radio to the ryot.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead of lecturing the ryot on the use of fertilizer, Delhi broadcasts a farce in which Dulari, the peasant, becomes a millionaire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stuck with the job of making radio interest the ryot is India's Radio Chief Lionel Fielden.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ryot who had just disappeared had probably returned to his home in some not distant hamlet.
From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert
In the United Provinces I found that in some cases the ryot has been little better than a serf.
From Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions by Poe, Clarence Hamilton
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