peasants
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
peasants
- Details
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."
- Variations
peasantry
peasant
peasant's
peasants'
- Broader Term