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PEASANT'S REVOLT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Peasant's Revolt mean? 

PEASANT'S REVOLT (noun)
  The noun PEASANT'S REVOLT has 1 sense:

1. a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard IIplay

  Familiarity information: PEASANT'S REVOLT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PEASANT'S REVOLT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Great Revolt; Peasant's Revolt

Instance hypernyms:

insurrection; rebellion; revolt; rising; uprising (organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another)

Domain region:

England (a division of the United Kingdom)


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