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fellahin

noun

variants also fellaheen

plural of fellah

as in peasants

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peasants

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Happy peasants, miserable millionaires Graham first spotted the pattern in China.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
After all, from 1773 to 1775, more than thirty-five thousand agriculturalist peasants made war against Russia, in what is commonly referred to as Pugachev’s Rebellion, after the name of its leader.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026

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