Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ryot

Ryot (rī"ot) , noun

[Arabic & Hind. ra'iyat, the same word as ra'iyah, a subject, tenant, peasant. See Rayah.]

A peasant or cultivator of the soil. [India]
The Indian ryot and the Egyptian fellah work for less pay than any other laborers in the world. — The Nation