'Peasantry' definitions:
Definition of 'peasantry'
(from WordNet)
noun
The class of peasants
Definition of 'Peasantry'
From: GCIDE
- Peasantry \Peas"ant*ry\, n.
- 1. Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics. "A bold peasantry." --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Rusticity; coarseness. [Obs.] --p. Butler. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'peasantry'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bourgeoisie,
- common people,
- common run,
- common sort,
- commonage,
- commonality,
- commonalty,
- commoners,
- commons,
- laborers,
- linendrapers,
- lower classes,
- lower middle class,
- lower orders,
- lumpen proletariat,
- middle class,
- middle orders,
- ordinary people,
- plain folks,
- plain people,
- proletariat,
- rank and file,
- shopkeepers,
- small tradesmen,
- the lower cut,
- the other half,
- the third estate,
- toilers,
- toiling class,
- upper middle class,
- vulgus,
- working class,
- working people