paysannen.
/ˌpeɪˈzan/, U.S. /ˌpeɪ(i)ˈzɑn/ Now rare.
A countrywoman; a peasant woman.Chiefly of or with allusion to French women.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > rustic or peasant
tillman940
churla1000
ploughman1223
bondmanc1250
bondc1275
ploughswain1296
countrymanc1300
boundec1320
Hobc1325
charla1400
landmana1400
Jack (John) Upland1402
carlc1405
bowerc1430
peasanta1450
rurala1475
agrest1480
bergier1480
carlleina1500
rustical?1532
ploughboy1544
boor1548
rusticc1550
kern1556
tillsman1561
clown1563
Jocka1568
Jock upalanda1568
John Uponlanda1568
russet coat1568
rustican1570
hind?1577
swain1579
Corydon1581
mountain man1587
Phillis1589
sylvan1589
russeting1597
Joan1598
stubble boy1598
paysan1609
carlota1616
swainling1615
raiyat1625
contadino1630
under-swaina1644
high shoe1647
boorinn1649
Bonhomme1660
high-shoon-man1664
countrywoman1679
villan1685
russet gown1694
ruralist1739
paysanne1748
bauer1799
bonderman1804
bodach1830
contadina1835
agrestian1837
peasantess1841
country jake1845
rufus1846
bonder1848
hayseed1851
bucolic1862
agricole1882
country jay1888
child (son, etc.) of the soil1891
hillbilly1900
palouser1903
kisan1935
woop woop1936
swede-basher1943
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > woman or girl
wenchc1574
Joan1598
boorinn1649
russet gown1694
paysanne1748
baba1882
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xlii. 54 The young Paisanne had no reason to complain of my remembrance.
1791 C. Smith Celestina I. 190 Their only servant is a mere West country paisanne.
1816 Ld. Byron Let. 18 Sept. (1976) V. 98 On the steps of a cottage..I saw a young paysanne—beautiful as Julie herself.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. viii. 181 I have seen paysannes and Bäuerinnen; and the best of them seemed to me ignorant, coarse, and besotted.
1895 Gentleman's Mag. July 90 We asked a passing paysanne whether we were near an auberge.
2001 Vogue (U.S. ed.) Oct. 216/1 The paysanne has cheered up, and is now to be seen kicking up her tiered frills..at holiday shindigs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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