peasant
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peasant
- /ˈpɛzənt/
Rhymes with -ɛzənt
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English paissaunt, from Anglo-Norman paisant, from Old French païsant, païsan (“countryman, peasant”), from païs (“country”), from Latin pāgus (“countryside”) + Old French -enc (“member of”), from Frankish -inc, -ing "-ing"; which was an alteration of earlier Late Latin pāgēnsis (“inhabitant of a district”). Doublet of paisano.
Via Latin pāgus cognate with pagan (compare typologically, see there for more).
noun peasants
- A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture. The Ambassador warned him of the consequences if his mission to Moscow were a failure, both to Churchill's position at home and to Russia's prospects in the war. He insisted that he should not allow himself to be offended 'by a peasant who didn't know any better'. Churchill listened in silence, then
- A country person.
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An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.
Similar: boor, bogger, bogtrotter, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, corncob, cornhusker, country bumpkin, country cousin
- A worker unit.
adjective
- Characteristic of or relating to a peasant or peasants; unsophisticated. peasant class
- Lowly, vulgar; reprehensible; dishonest. Oh what a Rogue and Pesant slave am I?
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: churl, provincial, bucolic, boor, barbarian, goth, tyke, tike, peasantry, villager, redneck, rural, hillbilly, hick, traditional, rube
Translations
Every language
noun member of the agriculture low class
| Español | campesino, guajiro, guaso, huaso, campesina, payés |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 농부 nongbu, 농민 nongmin, 농사꾼 nongsakkun |
| 日本語 | 小作人 kosakunin, 農民 nōmin, 農夫 nōfu, 小百姓 kobyakushō, 百姓 hyakushō |
| 中文 | 農夫 /农夫 nóngfū, 農民 /农民 nóngmín |
| हिन्दी | किसान kisān |
| Kiswahili | falahi |
| Português | camponês, camponesa |
| Français | paysan, paysanne |
| Deutsch | Landleute, Landvolk, Landmann. Bauer (armer), (arme) Bäuerin, (arme) Bauernschaft, Bauerntum |
| Italiano | contadino, contadina, cafone, cafona |
| Ελληνικά | χωρικός chorikós, χωρική chorikí, χωριάτα choriáta |
| Română | țăran, țărancă |
| Русский | крестья́нин krestʹjánin, крестья́нка krestʹjánka, селя́нин seljánin, селя́нка seljánka, мужи́к mužík, дехка́нин dɛxkánin |
| Tiếng Việt | nông dân |
| العربية | فَلَّاح fallāḥ, فَلَّاحَة fallāḥa |
| עברית | אִכָּר ikár, חַקְלַאי khaklá'i, חַקְלַאית |
noun country person
| Español | campesino, guajiro, guaso, huaso, payés, pampeano |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 田舎者 inakamono |
| 中文 | 農民 /农民 nóngmín |
| Português | camponês |
| Français | paysan, paysanne, rustique, villageois, villageoise |
| Deutsch | Landmann, Landfrau, Bauer, Bäuerin, Bauersfrau, Bauernjunge |
| Italiano | paesano, paesana |
| Ελληνικά | αγρότης agrótis |
| Română | țăran |
| Русский | крестья́нин krestʹjánin, крестья́нка krestʹjánka, селя́нин seljánin, селя́нка seljánka |
| עברית | כַּפְרִי kafrí |
noun uncouth, crude, or ill-bred person
| Português | campónio |
|---|---|
| Français | rustaud, rustaude, paysan |
| Deutsch | Bauerntrampel, Rüpel, Bauer, Bauernlümmel, Prolet, Proletin |
| Italiano | cafone, cafona |
| Ελληνικά | αγροίκος agroíkos |
| Русский | дереве́нщина derevénščina, мужла́н mužlán, мужи́к mužík |
noun strategy games: worker unit
| Deutsch | pawn) |
|---|---|
| Русский | крестья́нин krestʹjánin |
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title = {peasant},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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