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   peasant

   /ˈpɛznt/

   noun

   • 1. a poor smallholder or agricultural labourer of low social status (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries): "peasants left the farms to work in industry" Similar agricultural workersmall farmerrusticson of the soilcountrymancountrywomanfarmhandswainvilleinserfpaysanmuzhikkulakcampesinopaisanocontadinofellahryotarchaic:carlcottierkernhind
   • ▪ an ignorant, rude, or unsophisticated person: "‘That is a civilized drink, you peasant’" Similar loutbooroafclownchurlyokelbumpkincountry bumpkinvillage idiotprovincialbarbarianculchiebosthoonbogmaninformal:clodclodhopperyahoohayseedhickrubehillbillyockerhooninformal, derogatory:bevanboonerrare:bucolic

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French paisent ‘country dweller’, from pais ‘country’, based on Latin pagus ‘country district’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. peasanty adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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