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1. (n.) fellah
a peasant in Arabic-speaking countries.
Etymology: (1735–45; < Ar fallā&hdotbelow; peasant)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) fellah
an agricultural laborer in Arab countries
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1. (noun) fellah
a peasant or cultivator of the soil among the Egyptians, Syrians, etc
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. fellah
the name applied contemptuously by the Turks to the agricultural labourer of Egypt; the Fellahin (pl. of Fellah) comprise about three-fourths of the population; they are of good physique, and capable of much toil, but are, despite their intelligence and sobriety, lazy and immoral; girls marry at the age of 12, and the children grow up amidst the squalor of their mud-built villages; their food is of the poorest, and scarcely ever includes meat; tobacco is their only luxury; their condition has improved under British rule.
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