the peasantry

noun

: all the peasants living in an area or country

He tried to organize the peasantry for a revolt.

the Russian peasantry

Examples of the peasantry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But while Villa was a revolutionary and man of the peasantry, Lessing became a sleazy entertainment lawyer. — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026

In the eighteenth century, for example, merchants pressed the peasantry of the Silesian countryside to increase linen production. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025

Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Madison would play twin sisters in a story that sees a mad prince take in the noble class into his castle while a plague devastates the peasantry. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025

Ellen and Anna’s corseted gowns and bonnets add to the period ambience, as do the men’s suits and fancy waistcoats and the rustic garb of the peasantry. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024

Mao sought to mobilize the peasantry, stoking revolutionary fervor and social upheaval at home and abroad. — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2021

Rhymes for the peasantry

• pleasantry