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Recent Examples of peasantry
By the late third century, most emperors and many of their top officials rose from the rural peasantry through the ranks of the army.
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Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peasantry
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Somehow, this respectable foe of radicalism had organized the political realignment that broke up the Union, sustained the war that overthrew the South’s ruling class, and managed the struggle that emancipated its proletariat.—
Matthew Karp,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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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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Roughly 12% were of African descent — newly unshackled, technically free and already being legally recaptured under other names: peonage, vagrancy laws, convict leasing.—
Jack Hill,
Baltimore Sun,
17 May 2025
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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
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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 kind of soft satire also puts me in mind of Dorothy West, who excellently sent up a nascent Black bourgeoisie in novels like The Wedding.—
Brittany Allen
July 10,
Literary Hub,
10 July 2025
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Most readers will be surprised to learn, for instance, that one of the early boosters of the venture was the American civil rights leader W. E. B. Du Bois, who would soon regret having believed that Fire-stone could hasten the emergence of an independent African bourgeoisie.—
Gregg Mitman,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Oct. 2021
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But if rank and file enemies are scaled too high, why would their accompanying bosses not be accidentally scaled too high as well?—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Since the election, he's made overtures to try to start on the right foot, including by holding early meetings with caucus leaders and some rank and file.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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“Peasantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peasantry. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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