tenantry
Origin of tenantry
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How to use tenantry in a sentence
If this be so, might not the Cauldwell charter chest contain some references to their Stevenson tenantry?
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonRichard also had discovered good in Arthur—among other things a careful regard to his word, and to his father's tenantry.
There and Back | George MacDonaldThe feeling of the crofters in regard to increase of rent and eviction is very similar to that of the Irish tenantry.
Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 | VariousThe conduct of the tenantry towards the landlords has been generous and considerate in the extreme.
Here he occupied himself in plans to ameliorate the condition of his tenantry.
British Dictionary definitions for tenantry
/ (ˈtɛnəntrɪ) /
tenants collectively, esp those with the same landlord
the status or condition of being a tenant
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