What does ryot mean?
Ryot means (India) A farmer or tiller of the soil..
Ryot
/ˈɹaɪ.ɪt/ · noun
Meaning
(India) A farmer or tiller of the soil..
Example Sentences
We have seen, however, how the condition arose, namely, that the Government at first half-intended to make a permanent settlement direct with the ryots, but subsequently altered its intention and devolved this duty upon the zemindars.
Scattered about the grazing and arable country are now small towers of refuge, loop-holed for defense, to which ryots working in the fields, or shepherds tending their flocks, fled for safety in case of a sudden appearance of Turcoman marauders.
They are simply the rank and file — the food for fever — sharing with the ryot and the plough-bullock the honor of being the plinth on which the State rests.
Synonyms for ryot
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Word Forms
- ryots
- raiyot
- riat
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We have seen, however, how the condition arose, namely, that the Government at first half-intended to make a permanent settlement direct with the ryots, but subsequently altered its intention and devolved this duty upon the zemindars.
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