peasant
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peas·ant 
[pez-uhnt] Pronunciation Key
[pez-uhnt] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adjective
| 1. | a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank. |
| 2. | a coarse, unsophisticated, boorish, uneducated person of little financial means. |
| 3. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of peasants or their traditions, way of life, crafts, etc. |
| 4. | of or designating a style of clothing modeled on the folk costumes of Western cultures, esp. women's full-sleeved, round-necked blouses and long, full skirts. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| peas·ant
(pěz'ənt) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English paissaunt, from Old French paisant, from pais, country, from Late Latin pāgēnsis, inhabitant of a district, from Latin pāgus, district; see pag- in Indo-European roots.] |
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peasant
peasant
c.1410, from Anglo-Fr. paisant (1341), O.Fr. paisent (12c.), earlier paisenc, from pais "country, region" + Frank. suffix -enc "-ing." Pais is from L.L. pagensis "inhabitant of the district," from L. pagus "country or rural district" (see pagan). Peasantry is attested from c.1553.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| peasant | |
noun | |
| 1. | a country person |
| 2. | one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers |
| 3. | a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement |
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
peasant
[Chapter:] Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology
peasant
A farmer or agricultural worker of low status. The word is applied chiefly to agricultural workers in Asia, Europe, and South America, who generally adhere to traditional agricultural practices and have little social mobility or freedom.
[Chapter:] Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Peasant
Peas"ant\, n. [OF. pa["i]sant (the i being perh. due to confusion with the p. pr. of verbs), pa["i]san, F. paysan, fr. OF. & F. pays country, fr. L. pagus the country. See Pagan.] A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries. Syn: Countryman; rustic; swain; hind.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Peasant
Peas"ant\, a. Rustic, rural. --Spenser.
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