peasant proprietor

American  

[pez-uhnt pruh-prahy-i-ter] / ˈpɛz ənt prəˈpraɪ ɪ tər /

noun

1. a peasant who owns land, especially the land they till.

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Other Word Forms

• peasant proprietorship noun

Etymology

Origin of peasant proprietor

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

It holds good in favour of peasant proprietorship to this extent—that the ruin of a peasant proprietor can only occur through his own fault or misfortune, and not through the caprice of a landlord.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

Unlike the peasant proprietor," says Lecky, "and also unlike the mediaeval serf, the cottier had no permanent interest in the soil, and no security for his future position.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters by Swift, Jonathan

My inn, recommended by an old Nuremberg friend, was owned and managed by a peasant proprietor, his wife, their elderly daughter, and two charming orphan grandchildren in their early teens.

From Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.

There was the literary criticism of Mr. Hilaire Belloc, whose ideal is the peasant proprietor of France, freed from governmental control, a self-sufficient producer of all his requirements.

From The History of the Fabian Society by Pease, Edward R.

The decay of home industries was also a heavy blow to the smaller yeoman and the peasant proprietor.

From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)