A peasant is a poor person of low social status who works on the land; used of people who live in countries where farming is still a common way of life.
...the peasants in the Peruvian highlands.
Chinese peasants farm their own plots.
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peasant in British English
(ˈpɛzənt)
noun
1.
a.
a member of a class of low social status that depends on either cottage industry or agricultural labour as a means of subsistence
b.
(as modifier)
peasant dress
2. informal
a person who lives in the country; rustic
3. informal
an uncouth or uncultured person
Word origin
C15: from Anglo-French, from Old French païsant, from païs country, from Latin pāgus rural area; see pagan
peasant in American English
(ˈpɛzənt)
noun
1.
any person of the class of small farmers or of farm laborers, as in Europe or Asia
2.
a person regarded as coarse, boorish, ignorant, etc.
Word origin
LME paissaunt < Anglo-Fr paisant < MFr païsent < OFr < païs, country < LL pagensis, belonging to the district < pagus, district: see pagan
Synonyms of 'peasant'
rustic, countryman, hind, swain
boor, provincial, hick, lout
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In other languages
peasant
British English: peasant NOUN
A peasant is a poor person of low social status who works on the land.
...the peasants in the country's highlands.
American English: peasant
Brazilian Portuguese: camponês
Chinese: 农民
European Spanish: campesino
French: paysan
German: Bauer
Italian: contadino
Japanese: 小作人
Korean: 소작농
European Portuguese: camponês
Latin American Spanish: campesino
Chinese translation of 'peasant'
peasant
(ˈpɛznt)
n(c)
农(農)民 (nóngmín) (位, wèi)
1 (noun)
Definition
a member of a low social class employed in agricultural labour
land given to peasants for food production
Synonyms
rustic
rustics in from the country
countryman
With her horses, dogs and tweeds she is above all a countrywoman.
hind (obsolete)
swain (archaic)
son of the soil
churl (archaic)
2 (noun)
Definition
an uncouth or uncultured person
(informal)
Why should I let a lot of peasants traipse over my property?
Synonyms
boor
He was a braggart, a cynic and a boor.
provincial
French provincials looking for work in Paris
hick (informal, mainly US, Canadian)
He is an obnoxious hick.
lout
a drunken lout
yokel
a local yokel
country bumpkin
hayseed (US, Canadian, informal)
churl (archaic)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of churl
Definition
a surly ill-bred person
Synonyms
boor,
lout,
oaf
in the sense of countryman
Definition
a person who lives in the country
With her horses, dogs and tweeds she is above all a countrywoman.
Synonyms
yokel,
farmer,
peasant,
provincial,
hick (informal, US, Canadian),
rustic,
hind (obsolete),
swain (archaic),
hillbilly,
bucolic,
country dweller,
hayseed (US, Canadian, informal),
clodhopper (informal),
husbandman,
cockie (New Zealand),
(country) bumpkin
in the sense of hick
Definition
an unsophisticated country person
He is an obnoxious hick.
Synonyms
yokel,
peasant (informal),
rustic,
redneck,
bumpkin,
country bumpkin,
hayseed (US, Canadian, informal)
Synonyms of 'peasant'
peasant
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of lout
Definition
a crude or oafish person
a drunken lout
Synonyms
oaf,
thug,
hooligan,
boor,
bear,
ned (Scottish, slang),
yahoo,
hoon (Australian, New Zealand, slang),
clod,
bumpkin,
gawk,
dolt,
churl,
lubber,
lummox (informal),
clumsy idiot,
yob or yobbo (British, slang),
cougan (Australian, slang),
scozza (Australian, slang),
bogan (Australian, slang)
in the sense of provincial
Definition
a person from a province or the provinces
French provincials looking for work in Paris
Synonyms
yokel,
hick (informal, US, Canadian),
rustic,
country cousin,
hayseed (US, Canadian, informal)
in the sense of yokel
Definition
a person who lives in the country, esp. one who appears simple and old-fashioned
a local yokel
Synonyms
peasant (informal),
hick (informal, US, Canadian),
rustic,
countryman,
hillbilly,
bucolic,
boor,
country cousin,
hayseed (US, Canadian, informal),
bushie or bushy (Australian, New Zealand, informal),