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Irish butter may now an internationally marketable commodity, but in Swift’s day, the Irish peasantry fought back against their replacement by cattle by maiming and driving the unfortunate cattle off cliffs.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 30 Sep. 2025
The French peasantry has been and still is at risk of being disenfranchised by the very structures claiming to support their prosperity, often at the cost of both their health and land.
— Made By History, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
For their part, the European peasantry grew wary of the Christian leaders who seemed to have abandoned them.
—Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
By the late third century, most emperors and many of their top officials rose from the rural peasantry through the ranks of the army.
—Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 30 Sep. 2025
The French peasantry has been and still is at risk of being disenfranchised by the very structures claiming to support their prosperity, often at the cost of both their health and land.
— Made By History, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
For their part, the European peasantry grew wary of the Christian leaders who seemed to have abandoned them.
—Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
By the late third century, most emperors and many of their top officials rose from the rural peasantry through the ranks of the army.
—Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for peasantry
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“Peasantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peasantry. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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peasantry
noun
peas·ant·ry
-ᵊn-trē 
: peasants as a group
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