tenantry
/ten-uhn-tree/US // ˈtɛn ən tri //UK // (ˈtɛnəntrɪ) //
佃农,佃户,佃农阶层,佃户制
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : tenants collectively; the body of tenants on an estate.
- : the state or condition of being a tenant.
Examples
If this be so, might not the Cauldwell charter chest contain some references to their Stevenson tenantry?
Richard also had discovered good in Arthur—among other things a careful regard to his word, and to his father's tenantry.
The feeling of the crofters in regard to increase of rent and eviction is very similar to that of the Irish tenantry.
The conduct of the tenantry towards the landlords has been generous and considerate in the extreme.
Here he occupied himself in plans to ameliorate the condition of his tenantry.
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