Translations for peasantry in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

peasantry [Brit ˈpɛz(ə)ntri, Am ˈpɛzntri] N + vb sing ou pl

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la paysannerie GEOG, HISTORY

the peasantry + vb sing ou pl

les masses paysannes

the peasantry + vb sing ou pl

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It was hoped this would lead to increased loyalty by the peasantry towards the government. en.wikipedia.org

As discussed and linked earlier, these include peasantry, serfdom, slavery, indentured servitude, wage slavery, or domestic servitude. en.wikipedia.org

It was asserted that they represented the influence of the peasantry and the danger of capitalist restoration. en.wikipedia.org

Taxes on the peasantry were set at fixed amounts which did not account for inflation or other changes in monetary value. en.wikipedia.org

The peasantry were usually barefooted, and if there was anything worn on the feet, it was the kammadang (wooden shoes) or a pair of slippers. en.wikipedia.org

The perpetual use of the peasantry in religious, social and political matters shows the interconnection of the three. en.wikipedia.org

The party focused on providing for the peasantry in mostly symbolic ways because of their ability to understand the needs of the laborers. en.wikipedia.org

These are introduced in the order of their rank in accordance with the three medieval social estates (clergy, nobility, and commoners and peasantry). en.wikipedia.org

It would be a special form of proletarian state power in a bourgeois-democratic revolution, a revolutionary-democratic dictatorship of the proletariat and the peasantry. en.wikipedia.org

This official name (usually regarded now as colonial and humiliating) did not spread widely among the peasantry which constituted the majority of the population. en.wikipedia.org

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