Definition
peasanty
noun
- peasants collectively; the peasant class or population
Usage: archaic or literary; often used in historical or sociological contexts
Examples
- The medieval peasanty worked the land for feudal lords.
- Historians studied the customs of the European peasanty.
- The uprising was led by members of the peasanty who sought better conditions.
- The peasanty formed the backbone of the agricultural economy.
- Literature of the period often depicted the struggles of the peasanty.