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peasants

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Categorypeasants
Alternative termspeasant, peasant's, peasants'
SourceArt & Architecture Thesaurus

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Use for free people who support themselves by tilling the soil, either as small landholders or hired laborers. For the social class comprised of these people, use "peasantry." For those in a condition of servitude under feudalism, owing services to a lord and commonly attached to the lord's land, use "serfs."

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