peasantry
/ˈpɛzəntɹi/ noun C2- Impoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands.
- Ignorant people of the lowest social status; bumpkins, rustics.
- The condition of being a peasant; the position, rank, conduct, or quality of a peasant.
Plural peasantries
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