Definitions for peasantry

peasantry peas·ant·ry

Spelling: [pez-uh n-tree]
IPA: /ˈpɛz ən tri/

Peasantry is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 591 anagrams from letters in peasantry (aaenprsty).

Definitions for peasantry

noun

  1. peasants collectively.
  2. the status or character of a peasant.

Origin of peasantry

First recorded in 1545-55; peasant + -ry

Examples for peasantry

They are wanderers, who live in tents, and are regarded with contempt even by the peasantry.

It is stated, for example, to be very common among the Westphalian peasantry.

He knew of the brutal ferocity of which that peasantry was capable.

The peasantry used to eat its tops as greens, and cook the roots in stews.

Unlike the peasantry of other countries, they are not content.

The blood of the peasantry manured the ground, out of which was to grow the harvest.

But for England the Donegal peasantry would have no market for their goods.

I will not speak of the opinions of our peasantry, for they have none.

The peasantry followed him, though leisurely, in their timid hesitation.

"Behold the poverty of the peasantry," they continually do cry.

Word Value for peasantry
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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