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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. 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.