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Meaning of "peasantry" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PEASANTRY

peasantry  [ˈpɛzəntrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEASANTRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Peasantry is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PEASANTRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

peasantry

Peasant

A peasant is a member of a traditional class of farmers, either laborers or owners of small farms, especially in the Middle Ages under feudalism, or more generally, in any pre-industrial society. In Europe, peasants were divided into three classes according to their personal status: slave, serf, and freeman. Peasants either hold title to land in fee simple, or hold land by any of several forms of land tenure, among them socage, quit-rent, leasehold, and copyhold.

Definition of peasantry in the English dictionary

The first definition of peasantry in the dictionary is peasants as a class. Other definition of peasantry is conduct characteristic of peasants. Peasantry is also the status of a peasant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEASANTRY


agentry
ˈeɪdʒəntrɪ
ancientry
ˈeɪnʃəntrɪ
Coventry
ˈkɒvəntrɪ
Daventry
ˈdævəntrɪ
dysentery
ˈdɪsəntrɪ
errantry
ˈɛrəntrɪ
gallantry
ˈɡæləntrɪ
giantry
ˈdʒaɪəntrɪ
infantry
ˈɪnfəntrɪ
lieutenantry
lɛfˈtɛnəntrɪ
merchantry
ˈmɜːtʃəntrɪ
pageantry
ˈpædʒəntrɪ
pedantry
ˈpɛdəntrɪ
pheasantry
ˈfezəntrɪ
pleasantry
ˈplɛzəntrɪ
serjeantry
ˈsɑːdʒəntrɪ
studentry
ˈstuːdəntrɪ
tenantry
ˈtɛnəntrɪ
truantry
ˈtruːəntrɪ
unpleasantry
ʌnˈplɛzəntrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEASANTRY

peart
peartly
peartness
pearwood
Peary
peasant
peasanty
peascod
pease
pease pudding
pease-brose
peasecod
peashooter
peasouper
peat
peat bog
peat moss

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEASANTRY

butler´s pantry
carpentry
chantry
country
cross-country
entry
gantry
gentry
go to the country
home country
knight errantry
light infantry
pantry
sentry
servantry
sycophantry
the Black Country
the country
the North Country
the West Country

Synonyms and antonyms of peasantry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «peasantry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PEASANTRY

Find out the translation of peasantry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of peasantry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «peasantry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

佃农
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

campesinado
570 millions of speakers

English

peasantry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

किसान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفلاحين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

крестьянство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

campesinato
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চাষীসম্প্রদায়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

paysannerie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Petani
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bauerntum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

小作農
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소작농들
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wong tani
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhưng người ở ruộng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விவசாயிகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शेतकरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

köylüler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contadini
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chłopstwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

селянство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

țărănime
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγροτιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kleinboere
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bönderna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bøndene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of peasantry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEASANTRY»

The term «peasantry» is regularly used and occupies the 96.111 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PEASANTRY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «peasantry» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «peasantry» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about peasantry

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEASANTRY»

Discover the use of peasantry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peasantry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
English Peasantry
Drawing on work in archaeology and landscape studies, as well as on documentary sources, the book describes a fundamental division within the peasantry: that between the very dependent tenants and agricultural workers on the "inland" of the ...
Rosamond Faith, 1999
2
Reconceptualizing the Peasantry: Anthropology in Global ...
In this path-breaking book, Michael Kearney shows how the concept has been outdistanced by contemporary history.
Michael Kearney, 1996
3
Yucatán's Maya Peasantry and the Origins of the Caste War
Drawn from a wealth of primary documents, this book represents the first real attempt to reconstruct the history of the pre-Caste War period.
Terry Rugeley, 2010
4
Peasantry in India
The Book Is A Modest Addition To The Literature Of This Genre. In This Book, The Author Has Touched Upon Peasant-Worker Alliance. He Has Also Examined The Important Aspects Of Modernization Of Peasantry In India.
G. Krishnan-Kutty, 1986
5
Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry
William Butler Yeats. He has no whiff of sulphureous majesty about him. A centaur of the ragamuffin, jeering and shaking his tatters, at once the butt and terror of the saints! A Legend of Knockmany.—Page266. Carleton says—"Of the grey ...
William Butler Yeats, 1925
6
Peasantry to Capitalism: Western Östergötland in the ...
Is it inherent in the peasantry, or must it be instigated by landlord, townsfolk or the state? These are some of the questions addressed by Göran Hoppe and John Langton in this 1995 study of rural change in Sweden.
Göran Hoppe, John Langton, 1994
7
The State Against the Peasantry: Rural Struggles in Colonial ...
Merle L. Bowen's book offers a fresh assessment of the impact that such policies, pursued by postindependence states and NGOs alike, have had on the peasantry and agricultural production in Africa.
Merle L. Bowen, 2000
8
Preface to Peasantry: A Tale of Two Black Belt Counties
Originally published in 1936, Preface to Peasantry confirmed Raper's place in the Chapel Hill Southern Regionalist movement of the 1930s and 1940s and elaborated his belief that New Deal federal planning could create progressive social ...
Arthur Franklin Raper, 1936
9
Peasantry and Society in France Since 1789
This book provides a lucid introductory overview of the principal problems and changes that have affected the French peasantry since 1789.
Annie Moulin, 1991
10
The French Peasantry in the Seventeenth Century
Presenting the regional, social and economic variety of pre-modern France, this survey of rural life examines the crucial external relationships between peasant/priest and peasant/seigneur as well as the not less important ones that existed ...
Pierre Goubert, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEASANTRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term peasantry is used in the context of the following news items.
1
NFA says reforms working in rice trade as KMP hits imports
“We declare Aquino guilty and punishable for heinous crimes against the peasantry. His Sona (State of the Nation Address) on Monday is his ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
2
Shorten needs asylum from politics of distraction
Marie Antoinette's advice to the starving peasantry to "eat cake" comes to mind. However, we don't need a revolution, just enough politicians ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
SPQR And All That
... 5 or 10 percent of the population at most, which essentially lived on resources extorted from the peasantry. For everyone else, it didn't matter ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Meet the American Who Joined Mao's Revolution
Disillusioned nationalist troops deserted or defected to the communists, who rallied the peasantry and tore down the nationalist government in ... «War is Boring, Jul 15»
5
Punjab Solar Summit: Lease out your land for renewable energy's …
... state's deputy chief minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal, on Thursday appealed to the peasantry to lease out their lands to the solar-energy-sector ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
6
Rebuilding Community in Medellin, Colombia's Violent Slums: The …
By 1957, the violence subsided, but not the persecution of the peasantry, creating the conditions for a resurgence of conflict with the emergence ... «Upside Down World, Jul 15»
7
Theater review: Lots of fun with RVP's 'Pirates of Penzance'
One set of laws for the nobility, and another for the peasantry — this is the nation that gave us the adage “madness in a workman is eccentricity ... «Marin Independent Journal, Jul 15»
8
Just Saying . . .: Eating and Discrimination
I attribute this aggressive assault on potentially edible objects to my genetic makeup, which is firmly rooted in Polish peasantry. One did not ... «Freepress Online, Jul 15»
9
BJP seeks regularization of encroachments for marginal and small …
Bharati Janata Party has demanded a policy to regularize encroachment for marginal and small peasantry in the state, blaming the congress ... «HimVani, Jul 15»
10
Cuban Private Sector And The New Cuba Legal Framework
... acres to the most productive sector of the peasantry, especially to people working for UBPCs that were excluded in the previous legislation. «Mondaq News Alerts, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Peasantry [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/peasantry>. May 2024 ».
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