Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ryot \Ry"ot\ (r[imac]"[o^]t), n. [Ar. & 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.