Definitions

1. noun

the class of people engaged in agricultural labor or in a rural occupation, especially in medieval Europe.

“The social hierarchy was divided between the nobility and the peasantry.”

2. noun

the rural population or countryside as a whole.

“The peasantry was largely unaffected by the economic changes in the city.”

3. noun

a quality of rustic simplicity or unpolished nature.

“The peasantry of the old village had a charm that city dwellers could not understand.”