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PEASANTHOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does peasanthood mean?
• PEASANTHOOD (noun)
The noun PEASANTHOOD has 1 sense:
1. the state of being a peasant
Familiarity information: PEASANTHOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being a peasant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the same homely dress she wore in the days of her peasanthood
Hypernyms ("peasanthood" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
Derivation:
peasant (a country person)
peasant (one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers)
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