PEASANTRY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

peasantry

noun

Definition of peasantry

as in commoners

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Recent Examples of peasantry But the network structures of Colonial America and ancien régime France were profoundly different (for example, the former lacked a large, illiterate peasantry). — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017 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. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for peasantry

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All that loot pumped out of the Armenian proletariat, says the gaur, and for what.

— Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Severin, on the other hand, represents the revolutionary proletariat.

— JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025

Definition of proletariat

Noun

Many Black Americans fled this violent system of peonage and terror in the Great Migration, moving to cities such as Gary and Pittsburgh for a better life.

— John E. Jackson Sr, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
Ryan Coogler didn’t want to hide anymore The film conveys two forms of peonage prominent in the 1930s South—labor arrangements not far removed from slavery.

— Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025

Definition of peonage

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For a long time, the lifestyles and foibles of the modest bourgeoisie were a mainstay of art-house cinema, with urbane, upscale audiences happy to turn out to see versions of their own lives depicted on the screen.

— Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
The town next door, Maplewood, built walls and created one-way streets to direct the flow of traffic coming in and out of Newark and Irvington to protect its fading notion bourgeoisie exclusivity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 June 2026

Definition of bourgeoisie

Noun

While state law enforcement agencies will get 4% raises, the budget includes no raises for the 100,000 or so rank and file state workers.

— Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
The choice was particularly interesting to Hollywood rank and file, which, in the era of M&A and private equity investments, is contending with more than a few minefields.

— Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2026

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