ไพร่

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 or, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  citizen; national; subject.
 * 2)  manpower; human resources.
 * 3)  commoner.
 * 4)  subordinate; servant; attendant; dependent.
 * 5)  vulgar person; unrefined person; low-class person.

Usage notes

 * In the Thai history, forced labour and compulsory conscription were enforced on citizens, making the term imply people in military service or members of an armed force, such as soldiers, military officers, conscripts, etc.