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Peasantry in a sentence

Peasantry meaning

  1. Impoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands.
  2. Ignorant people of the lowest social status; bumpkins, rustics.
  3. The condition of being a peasant; the position, rank, conduct, or quality of a peasant.

Synonyms of Peasantry

class social class socio-economic class

Related words

Other words often associated with Peasantry or its synonyms:

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Using Peasantry

  • The main meaning on this page is: Impoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands. | Ignorant people of the lowest social status; bumpkins, rustics. | The condition of being a peasant; the position, rank, conduct, or quality of a peasant.
  • Useful related words include: class, social class, socio-economic class.
  • In the example corpus, peasantry often appears in combinations such as: the peasantry, peasantry was, peasantry and.

Context around Peasantry

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

large 1× ethiopian 1× poor 1× free 1× scanian 1× finnish 1×

Often after:

began 2× relieve 1× organized 1× forced 1×

Sentence patterns with Peasantry

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

of the peasantry began to 2× a free peasantry the state 1× a large peasantry which evolved 1× among the peasantry 1× as the peasantry organized a 1× country s peasantry as repealing 1× facing the peasantry and called 1× indeed the peasantry as well 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as central governments 2× a collapse in 1× a rebellion in 1× agrarianism was the 1× ali këlcyra and 1× although he had 1×

Common sentence endings:

central recruiting tool 2× against the conspirators 1× among the peasantry 1× and economic behavior 1× any existing party 1× fight its wars 1×

Words around Peasantry

Just before it in the word index:

peasant 287 peasah 2 peas 278 peary 15 pearwood 3 peartree 7

Just after it in the word index:

peasants 446 pease 49 peasedown 2 peashooter 2 peaslee 3 peasley 14

Similar in corpus frequency:

accessorized 100 acs 100 adoptions 100 afoot 100 ales 100 ashkenazi 100

Corpus analysis for Peasantry

  • In this selection, "peasantry" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, large, ethiopian, poor, began, relieve and organized stand out and add context to how "peasantry" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include of the peasantry began to and a free peasantry the state. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "peasantry" sits close to words such as accessorized, acs and adoptions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with peasantry

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

There was a large peasantry which evolved out of the plantation system. (12 words)

Because of its strong links with the countryside its ideas quickly diffuse among the peasantry. (15 words)

Critics may call Chhotu Ram a caste leader, but he also sought to articulate the suffering of the peasantry. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Meanwhile, during discussions on the Governor’s address, Congress MLA Sandeep Jakhar emphasized the need for a roadmap to address the crisis facing the peasantry and called for a special session to discuss the agriculture policy. (36 words)

Today, in my opinion, the Ethiopian peasantry is probably one of the best-growing and the best-advanced parts of the society, because they are able to till their land and market their grains properly. (35 words)

Although he had some trouble with the peasantry, the lands and treasures of the church enabled him to propitiate the nobles and for a time to provide for the expenses of the court. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

The goal was to modernize the relationship of dependence between the landowners and peasantry, relieve some of the tax burden on the peasantry, and increase state revenues.

There was a large peasantry which evolved out of the plantation system.

Meanwhile, during discussions on the Governor’s address, Congress MLA Sandeep Jakhar emphasized the need for a roadmap to address the crisis facing the peasantry and called for a special session to discuss the agriculture policy.

I don’t think that would be in the larger interest of the country’s peasantry, as repealing would mean bringing back controls, licence raj and the resultant rent-seeking.

A collapse in raw material prices caused intense pressure on Rwanda’s peasantry, who made up 85 percent of the population.

Because of its strong links with the countryside its ideas quickly diffuse among the peasantry.

Today, in my opinion, the Ethiopian peasantry is probably one of the best-growing and the best-advanced parts of the society, because they are able to till their land and market their grains properly.

Under this policy, practically all public industry was privatized, salaries were pulverized, most collective labour contracts were mutilated or eliminated, and the poor peasantry was left to its own devices.

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Critics may call Chhotu Ram a caste leader, but he also sought to articulate the suffering of the peasantry.

In the absence of a free peasantry, the state was obliged to rely on a mercenary army to fight its wars.

Agrarianism was the dominant political philosophy in the countryside, as the peasantry organized a movement independent of any existing party.

Ali Këlcyra and Midhat Frashëri formed the Western-oriented Balli Kombëtar (National Front). citation Balli Kombetar was a movement that recruited supporters from both the large landowners and peasantry.

Although he had some trouble with the peasantry, the lands and treasures of the church enabled him to propitiate the nobles and for a time to provide for the expenses of the court.

Although relieved of many of the old burdens, controls, and taxes, the peasantry was still highly traditional in its social and economic behavior.

Anti-clerical sentiment became much stronger than ever before, but was now based in certain elements of the middle class and indeed the peasantry as well.

A rebellion in the Scanian peasantry forced him to flee to Zealand in 1180, from where he returned and subdued the Scanians with the help of Valdemar.

As a matter of fact, at this time the Finnish peasantry was outraged by the actions of their elite and almost exclusively supported Gustav's actions against the conspirators.

As central governments grew in power, a return to the citizen and mercenary armies of the classical period also began, as central levies of the peasantry began to be the central recruiting tool.

As central governments grew in power, a return to the citizen armies of the classical period also began, as central levies of the peasantry began to be the central recruiting tool.

As he realized, the forcible mass conscription of the peasantry "was a long step towards the end of Kolchak's regime".

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Common combinations with peasantry

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "peasantry" in a sentence?
An example: "The goal was to modernize the relationship of dependence between the landowners and peasantry, relieve some of the tax burden on the peasantry, and increase state revenues." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "peasantry" from authentic English texts.
What does "peasantry" mean?
Peasantry means: Impoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands.
What are synonyms of "peasantry"?
Common synonyms of "peasantry" include: class, social class, socio-economic class.
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