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ryot (rī′ət)

noun

in India, a peasant or tenant farmer

Etymology: Hindi raiyat < Ar raʼīya, flock, herd

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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