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单词 peasantry
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Definition of peasantry in English:

peasantry

noun ˈpɛz(ə)ntriˈpɛzntri
mass nounusually the peasantry
  • Smallholders and agricultural labourers of low social status (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries)

    the upper class exploited the peasantry
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Family homes forsaken at gunpoint were promptly occupied by the peasantry, who deny all knowledge of past owners.
    • Sociologically, the peasantry remained by far its largest class: 45 per cent of the population.
    • For the peasantry in particular, the periods of English occupation must have been horrific.
    • The small peasantry sells or exchanges over ten per cent of their labour expended in agriculture.
    • Instead of standing up for the landless peasantry, the veterans spent most of the pre-election period frightening the life out of them.
    • What is your program for the improvement of the lot of the peasantry?
    • The zombies' appearance, dressed in ragged brown robes, suggests a link with medieval peasantry.
    • His abhorrence for these brands of nationalism can be extrapolated from his attitude toward the peasantry.
    • Nearly all of the peasantry was stuck in a serfdom that offered few ways out.
    • The whole leadership was devoted to this war on the peasantry.

Rhymes

pheasantry, pleasantry
 
 

Definition of peasantry in US English:

peasantry

nounˈpezntrēˈpɛzntri
usually the peasantry
  • Smallholders and agricultural laborers of low social status (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries)

    the upper class exploited the peasantry
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The zombies' appearance, dressed in ragged brown robes, suggests a link with medieval peasantry.
    • Sociologically, the peasantry remained by far its largest class: 45 per cent of the population.
    • The small peasantry sells or exchanges over ten per cent of their labour expended in agriculture.
    • The whole leadership was devoted to this war on the peasantry.
    • Nearly all of the peasantry was stuck in a serfdom that offered few ways out.
    • His abhorrence for these brands of nationalism can be extrapolated from his attitude toward the peasantry.
    • For the peasantry in particular, the periods of English occupation must have been horrific.
    • What is your program for the improvement of the lot of the peasantry?
    • Family homes forsaken at gunpoint were promptly occupied by the peasantry, who deny all knowledge of past owners.
    • Instead of standing up for the landless peasantry, the veterans spent most of the pre-election period frightening the life out of them.
 
 
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