Hypertext Webster Gateway: "peasantry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peasantry \Peas"ant*ry\, n.
1. Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics. ``A bold
peasantry.'' --Goldsmith.
2. Rusticity; coarseness. [Obs.] --p. Butler.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peasantry
n : the class of peasants
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