Meanings of small proprietors in English

The bourgeoise class, the shopkeepers, the small proprietors, are selfish in the extreme.

There are fifty small proprietors, and not a single resident magistrate.

Their expulsion, with that of small proprietors called "boomers," caused much agitation.

The case of the vintage laws is peculiarly hard this season upon the small proprietors.

After small proprietors, however, rich and great farmers are in every country the principal improvers.

Otherwise, the reform concerning mortgages is but a trap set for small proprietors,- alegislativetrick.

Then-asnow, as always-thesmall proprietors suffered severely, and needy men are wont to be clamorous.

From this time there were in Attica more small proprietors than in any other part of Greece.

There were usually two or three big battues in November for the neighbouring farmers and small proprietors.

The small proprietors in France are for the greater part owners only in name: practically, they are tenants.

How many small proprietors and manufacturers have not been ruined by large ones through chicanery, law-suits, and competition?

He says the Revolution has been brought about by small proprietors acting under the influence of bankers and lawyers.

His rank lifted him above the small proprietors who lived within visitable distance of the Castle: they never attempted to associate with him.

The difference indeed is surprising, but must be imputed to the strong repugnance of the small proprietors to part with their paternal lands.

In an agricultural society like that of Judah, that clotting of wealth took the shape of 'land-grabbing,' and of evicting the small proprietors.

In Europe, the law of primogeniture, and perpetuities of different kinds, prevent the division of great estates, and thereby hinder the multiplication of small proprietors.