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peasant Noun 1. a member of a low social class employed in agricultural labour 2. Informal an uncouth or uncultured person [Old French païsant]
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peasant Translations n peasant [ˈpeznt] a person who lives and works on the land, especially in a poor, primitive or underdeveloped area Many peasants died during the drought; (also adjective ) a peasant farmer. arm boer فَلاّح селянин venkovan, -ka bonde; bonde- der Bauer; bäuerlich χωρικός campesino, labrador talupoeg کشاورز؛ آدم روستایی talonpoika paysan, anne פָלַח किसान seljak paraszt petani smábóndi, sveitamaður contadino 百姓 농부, 소농 valstietis zemnieks petani boer småbruker chłop, wieśniak camponês ţăran крестьянин roľník, sedliak kmet seljak bonde, småbrukare เกษตรกร rençber, köylü 農民 селянин کاشت کار، کسان nông dân 农民 n peasantry peasants as a group; the peasants of a particular place What part did the peasantry play in the Russian revolution? boerestand فَلاّحون، طَبَقَة الفَلاّحين селячество rolnictvo bondestand; bønder die Bauernschaft αγροτιά, χωρικοί campesinado talurahvas خرده کشاورزان talonpoikaisluokka paysannerie אִיכָּרִים कृषिवर्ग, कृषक वर्ग, किसान लोग seljaštvo,seljaci parasztság golongan petani smábændastétt contadini 百姓層 농민 valstietija zemniecība kaum tani plattelandsbevolking bondestand chłopstwo campesinato ţărănime крестьянство roľníctvo kmetje, kmetstvo seljaci allmoge, småbönder กลุ่มเกษตรกร köylü sınıfı, köylüler [總稱]農民 селянство کسان لوگ giai cấp nông dân [总称]农民 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Next morning when the cows were being driven out, the little peasant called the cow-herd in and said: 'Look, I have a little calf there, but it is still small and has to be carried. As chance would have it, when he had got to this line there happened to come by a peasant from his own village, a neighbour of his, who had been with a load of wheat to the mill, and he, seeing the man stretched there, came up to him and asked him who he was and what was the matter with him that he complained so dolefully. Behold yonder peasant tilling his field in peace and contentment |
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