peasantry
peas·ant·ry/ˈpɛzəntɹi/noun
peasantry is spelled P-E-A-S-A-N-T-R-Y: 9 letters and 3 syllables (peas·ant·ry). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, peasantry means “Impoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of peasantry is peasantries.
How many letters and syllables are in peasantry?
| Letters | 9: P-E-A-S-A-N-T-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: peas·ant·ry |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,660th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is peasantry?
Peasantry appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce peasantry?
- /ˈpɛzəntɹi/
Peasantry has 3 syllables, split peas·ant·ry in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-peasantry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of peasantry
- peasantries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does peasantry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Impoverished rural farm workers, either as serfs, small freeholders or hired hands.
- 2
Ignorant people of the lowest social status; bumpkins, rustics.
- 3
The condition of being a peasant; the position, rank, conduct, or quality of a peasant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Peasantry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense impoverished rural farm workers:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | paysannerie |
| German | Bauernschaft |
| Portuguese | campesinato |
| Spanish | campesinado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does peasantry come from?
From peasant + -ry, from Middle English paissaunt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).