fellahin

variants also fellaheen
plural of fellah

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fellahin
peasants
Noun
  • And all the while, there’s always another rousing patriotic song for the peasants to sing.
    Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
  • In those intervening 35 years, China had moved 800 million rural peasants — living in extreme poverty on US$2 a day — into city apartments and integrated them into the global economy.
    Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Fellahin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fellahin. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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