Definition of peasantry Peasantry
/pɛˈzʌntɹi/ - [pezuntree] - peas•ant•ry
We found 6 definitions of peasantry from 4 different sources.
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What does peasantry mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: peasantries |
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| peasantry - the class of peasants | ||
| social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) | ||
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Wiktionary 
- peasantry (Noun)
Impoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands. - peasantry (Noun)
Ignorant people of the lowest social status; bumpkins, rustics.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- peasantry (n.)
Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics. - peasantry (n.)
Rusticity; coarseness.
Part of speech
🔤- peasantry, noun, singular of peasantries.
