Etymology

peasantry

peas·ant·ry
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Today it means: Impoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands. Full definition →

Middle English paissaunt
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  1. Middle English · derived frompaissaunt
  2. English todaypeasantry

From peasant + -ry, from Middle English paissaunt.

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