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Meaning of peasantry

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

peasantry

noun

Definitions

  1. Impoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands.

  2. Ignorant people of the lowest social status; bumpkins, rustics.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peasantry

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