campesino
noun
cam·pe·si·no ˌkam-pə-ˈsē-(ˌ)nō 
plural campesinos
: a native of a Latin American rural area
especially : a Latin American Indian farmer or farm laborer
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Made with beans, squash, chorizo, and spaghetti, this dish’s name comes from an old campesino (farmer) metaphor. 
Miska Lewis, Bon Appétit, 21 Jan. 2021 Members of the Las Cañadas campesino cooperative in Veracruz, Mexico, offer an interesting example. Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020 Her mother was a campesino’s daughter in the Mexican state of Michoacán, and Ramirez’s grandfather was among the last braceros who came to the United States legally to work in fields. Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 11 Feb. 2020 The immigrant sons of campesinos, or farmers, the norteño band set up shop on the city’s east side in 1967 and went on to sell more than 40 million albums worldwide. Jason Green, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2019 Set out into the Sacred Valley with your team to photograph campesinos in traditional garb, old stone villages, and bustling markets, and get a fresh angle on the iconic Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. National Geographic, 12 June 2019 While their work brought newfound hope to the areas where Andrea and Marifer work, fear still plagues many campesinos as violence trickles back into what is supposed to be a post-conflict Colombia. Megan Janetsky, Teen Vogue, 24 Apr. 2019 While the kitchen served them and their guests, ranks of campesinos grew crops, tended cattle, and fermented pulque on the surrounding land. Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018 That means small farmers, or campesinos, in this border state's rugged Sierra Madre who long planted marijuana to be smuggled into the United States are switching to opium poppies, which bring a higher price. David Agren, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2018 See More
Miska Lewis, Bon Appétit, 21 Jan. 2021 Members of the Las Cañadas campesino cooperative in Veracruz, Mexico, offer an interesting example. Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020 Her mother was a campesino’s daughter in the Mexican state of Michoacán, and Ramirez’s grandfather was among the last braceros who came to the United States legally to work in fields. Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 11 Feb. 2020 The immigrant sons of campesinos, or farmers, the norteño band set up shop on the city’s east side in 1967 and went on to sell more than 40 million albums worldwide. Jason Green, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2019 Set out into the Sacred Valley with your team to photograph campesinos in traditional garb, old stone villages, and bustling markets, and get a fresh angle on the iconic Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. National Geographic, 12 June 2019 While their work brought newfound hope to the areas where Andrea and Marifer work, fear still plagues many campesinos as violence trickles back into what is supposed to be a post-conflict Colombia. Megan Janetsky, Teen Vogue, 24 Apr. 2019 While the kitchen served them and their guests, ranks of campesinos grew crops, tended cattle, and fermented pulque on the surrounding land. Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018 That means small farmers, or campesinos, in this border state's rugged Sierra Madre who long planted marijuana to be smuggled into the United States are switching to opium poppies, which bring a higher price. David Agren, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
Spanish, from campo field, country, from Latin campus field
First Known Use
1860, in the meaning defined above
campesinos
noun
as in farmers
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- farmers
- agriculturists
- growers
- agronomists
- agriculturalists
- cultivators
- sharecroppers
- planters
- farmhands
- tillers
- crofters
- croppers
- tenant farmers
- harvesters
- subsistence farmers
- plowmen
- gleaners
- ranchers
- gentlemen farmers
- yeomen
- ranchmen
- homesteaders
- rancheros
- reapers
- field hands
- grangers
- nesters
- workfolks
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonfarmers