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Peasantry

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peasantnounA member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.
campesinonounAn agricultural worker in Latin America.
farmingnounThe business of cultivating land, raising stock, etc.
farmersnounA person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
serfsnounA partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.
husbandmennoun(dated) a person who raises crops and tends animals; a farmer
tillersnoun(nautical) The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.
cultivatorsnounA person who cultivates.
smallholdersnounA person who owns or runs a smallholding (small farm): a minor independent farmer.
campesinosnounAn agricultural worker in Latin America.
villagersnounA person who lives in, or comes from, a village.
yeomanrynoun(historical) A class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land.
sharecroppersnounA person who enters a sharecropping agreement with a land owner; one who sharecrops.
croftersnounOne who has the tenure of a croft, usually also the occupant and user.
cottersnoun(mechanical engineering) A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
agrariansnounA person who advocates the political interests of working farmers.
ploughmennoun—
rusticsnounA rural person.
laborersnounOne who uses bodily strength rather than intellect to earn a wage, usually hourly.
countryfolknounPeople who live in the country; rural dwellers.

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