tenantry
/ˈtɛnəntri
/noun
1 [treated as singular or plural] The tenants of an estate: he was addressed by his tenantry as ‘squire’...
- The onerous task of distributing seed potatoes to the tenantry has just been completed.
- Most of the tenantry chose to pay the rent rather than face being served with ejectment writs.
- The duke's wealth was squeezed from rents and extracted from a starving tenantry.
2 [mass noun] Tenancy: tenantry became almost a form of indentured servitude...
- The book is really about land tenure and tenantry.
- keep one's nose to the grindstone
- keep one's own counsel
- keep one's powder dry
- keep one's side of the bargain
- keep one's word
- keep (or archaic bear) someone company
- keep (or eat) kosher
- keep (or hold) one's end up
- keep (or leave) one's options open
- keep (or lose) one's cool
- keep (or lose) one's temper
- keep (or lose) track of
- keep (or make) a House
- keep (or sleep in) a whole skin
- keep (or stand) guard
- keep (or stay) out of someone's way
- keep out (or keep someone/thing out)
- keep pace with
- keep quiet (or keep someone quiet)
- keep rank
- keepsake
- keep someone back
- keep someone dangling
- keep someone down
- keep someone guessing