Meaning & use
ryot
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A peasant farmer or tenant cultivator, especially historically in India under British colonial rule.
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Under the ryotwari system, each ryot paid land revenue directly to the government.
Historians studied how colonial taxes affected the livelihood of the ryot class.
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A historical and regional term tied specifically to South Asian agrarian history, rarely used outside that context.
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