peasantry
noun
peas·ant·ry
ˈpe-zᵊn-trē 
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In the Middle Ages, poor, ill-resourced regions such as the Alpine canton of Schwyz could press their peasantry into mercenary armies and market coercion as a service.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Ecevit rallied workers, the small peasantry, and the lower, urban middle class with a call for social and economic justice and equality that successfully transcended the cultural divisions of Turkey—a fact made clear when Ecevit won even in Turkey’s most religiously conservative regions.
—Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2023
Five centuries later, the European peasantry has once again been goaded to fury.
—Tilak Doshi, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
It’s centered around Tartu University, founded by Swedes in 1632, a time before the Russian occupation when the quality of life for Estonian peasantry declined rapidly.
—Lisa Lucas, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Ecevit rallied workers, the small peasantry, and the lower, urban middle class with a call for social and economic justice and equality that successfully transcended the cultural divisions of Turkey—a fact made clear when Ecevit won even in Turkey’s most religiously conservative regions.
—Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2023
Five centuries later, the European peasantry has once again been goaded to fury.
—Tilak Doshi, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
It’s centered around Tartu University, founded by Swedes in 1632, a time before the Russian occupation when the quality of life for Estonian peasantry declined rapidly.
—Lisa Lucas, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
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peasantry
noun
peas·ant·ry
-ᵊn-trē
: peasants as a group
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