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Recent Examples of peasantry
In the Middle Ages, poor, ill-resourced regions such as the Alpine canton of Schwyz could press their peasantry into mercenary armies and market coercion as a service.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Ecevit rallied workers, the small peasantry, and the lower, urban middle class with a call for social and economic justice and equality that successfully transcended the cultural divisions of Turkey—a fact made clear when Ecevit won even in Turkey’s most religiously conservative regions.
—Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2023
Five centuries later, the European peasantry has once again been goaded to fury.
—Tilak Doshi, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
It’s centered around Tartu University, founded by Swedes in 1632, a time before the Russian occupation when the quality of life for Estonian peasantry declined rapidly.
—Lisa Lucas, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Ecevit rallied workers, the small peasantry, and the lower, urban middle class with a call for social and economic justice and equality that successfully transcended the cultural divisions of Turkey—a fact made clear when Ecevit won even in Turkey’s most religiously conservative regions.
—Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2023
Five centuries later, the European peasantry has once again been goaded to fury.
—Tilak Doshi, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
It’s centered around Tartu University, founded by Swedes in 1632, a time before the Russian occupation when the quality of life for Estonian peasantry declined rapidly.
—Lisa Lucas, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peasantry
Noun
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As is the case with the aesthetics of people, exquisite lines can be found on patrician and proletariat cars alike.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
21 Feb. 2025
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Inspired by Karl Marx, the Bolsheviks dreamed of a world communist revolution and held special expectations for Germany, Marx’s homeland, and for its proletariat.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
19 June 2023
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The Black community’s relationship with growing food is colored by exploitive practices, from slavery to sharecropping, tenant farming and peonage, or debt servitude.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Detroit Free Press,
27 Nov. 2024
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The Black community’s relationship with growing food is colored by exploitive practices, from slavery to sharecropping, tenant farming and peonage, or debt servitude.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Detroit Free Press,
27 Nov. 2024
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Down, Gramercy Park reportedly refused to open its doors to the plebs, breaking with tradition.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
25 Dec. 2024
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Two millionaires stay millionaires by asking plebs to fund their children.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC News,
27 Jan. 2024
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This creative evolution has expanded papier-mâché’s market appeal, with a new generation of clientele emerging – a group that includes interior designers, a local urban bourgeoisie, and international buyers.—
Fahad Shah,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 Apr. 2025
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The company was started around the same time as other famous French stores like Le Bon Marché (1852) and La Samaritaine (1870), both of which, like Printemps, catered to the country’s growing bourgeoisie.—
Lanna Apisukh,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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Before a small crowd of Gallo’s rank and file officers, Fisk placed the commish’s melon between his meaty palms, squeeeeeeezed….—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
15 Apr. 2025
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White House spokesman Kush Desai indicated that Fain’s praise puts him in league with his union’s rank and file.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Peasantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peasantry. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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