noun
- the class of peasants; rural agricultural workers or small farmers, especially in historical contexts
Usage: often used in historical or sociological contexts
Examples
- The peasantry worked the land for wealthy landowners.
- During the revolution, the peasantry rose up against their oppressors.
- Medieval society was divided between the nobility and the peasantry.
- The government implemented land reforms to help the peasantry.
- Life for the peasantry was harsh and difficult in those times.
- The peasantry made up the majority of the population in feudal Europe.