Meaning of PEASANTRY
| Pronunciation: | | 'pezuntree
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| | Definition: | | [n] the class of peasants |
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| | See Also: | | class, peasant, social class, socio-economic class | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Peas"ant*ry\, n.
1. Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics. ``A bold
peasantry.'' --Goldsmith.
2. Rusticity; coarseness. [Obs.] --p. Butler.
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| | Related Terms: | | bourgeoisie, common people, common run, common sort, commonage, commonality, commonalty, commoners, commons, laborers, linendrapers, lower classes, lower middle class, lower orders, lumpen proletariat, middle class, middle orders, ordinary people, plain folks, plain people, proletariat, rank and file, shopkeepers, small tradesmen, the lower cut, the other half, the third estate, toilers, toiling class, upper middle class, vulgus, working class, working people |
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