peasant

peas·ant  (pznt)

n.

1. A member of the class constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, and laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture.

2. A country person; a rustic.

3. An uncouth, crude, or ill-bred person; a boor.

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[Middle English paissaunt, from Old French paisant, from pais, country, from Late Latin pgnsis, inhabitant of a district, from Latin pgus, district; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	peasant - a country person                     bucolic, provincial cottar, cotter - a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands moujik, mujik, muzhik, muzjik - a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917) rustic - an unsophisticated country person
	2.	peasant - one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers peasantry - the class of peasants agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer - a person who tills the soil for a living fellah - an agricultural laborer in Arab countries
	3.	peasant - a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement boor, churl, Goth, tike, tyke, barbarian disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

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peasant

noun 1. rustic, countryman, hind (obsolete) swain (archaic) son of the soil, churl (archaic)

noun 2. (Informal) boor, provincial, hick (informal), chiefly U.S., Canad. lout, yokel, country bumpkin, hayseed U.S., Canad. (informal) churl

Translations

peasant [ˈpɛznt] n → campesino/a

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peasant [ˈpɛznt] n → paysan(ne)

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peasant [ˈpɛznt] n → Bauer m

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peasant [ˈpɛznt] n → contadino/a

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peasant

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