peasantry

[US]/'pezəntrɪ/
[UK]/'pɛzntri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. (collective) peasants

Example Sentences

the peasantrys of a country

peasantrys as a class

The peasantry has shrunk from 74.6 millions to 65.5.

if only the peasantry would rise up against the established order.

Arrighi, G. "Labour Supplies in Historical Perspective: A Study of the Proletarianization of the African Peasantry in Rhodesia." Journal of Development Studies 6 (1970).

The peasantry worked hard in the fields.

The peasantry struggled to make ends meet.

The peasantry lived in simple dwellings.

The peasantry relied on the harvest for their livelihood.

The peasantry revolted against the oppressive rulers.

The peasantry faced many hardships during the famine.

The peasantry often faced exploitation from landlords.

The peasantry had limited access to education.

The peasantry celebrated the harvest festival with joy.

The peasantry longed for a better life for their children.

Real-world Examples

But far from stabilizing the monarchy's authority, Rasputin's death enraged the peasantry.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

The big fish eat the smaller fish and the peasantry is basically destroyed.

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

Out of the working class or out of the peasantry female schoolteachers become increasingly more important.

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

But you also have the peasantry, who still worked constantly, making food.

Source: Sociology Crash Course

This is all about trust between the, like, peasantry or the population - Russian subjects - and the czar.

Source: Money Earth

So far, the Romanov's had been competent but not brilliant, keeping the Boyars in line, avoiding aggressive wars, and not actively offending the peasantry.

Source: The rise and fall of superpowers.

If Parliament don't take their abominable courses under consideration, this country's ruined, and the character of the peasantry gone for ever!

Source: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

He was a visionary and a nonconformist, a count who became a spiritual leader, a man born into privilege who advocated for peasantry.

Source: 202323

Even though the armed peasantry had played a great role in saving Russia from the Time of Troubles, they had nothing left to show for it.

Source: The rise and fall of superpowers.

A fierce attack on the hypocritical morality of the bourgeois society and the capitalist invasion into the country and destruction of the English peasantry.

Source: Selected Readings in British and American Literature

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