peasant

peas·ant

P0137700 (pĕz′ənt)n.1. A member of a class of small farmers and farm laborers, especially in a preindustrial or underdeveloped society.2. A person who lives in a rural area; a rustic.3. A person who is considered crude or uncouth; a boor.

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[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.]

peasant

(ˈpɛzənt) n1. (Sociology) a. a member of a class of low social status that depends on either cottage industry or agricultural labour as a means of subsistenceb. (as modifier): peasant dress. 2. informal a person who lives in the country; rustic3. informal an uncouth or uncultured person[C15: from Anglo-French, from Old French païsant, from païs country, from Latin pāgus rural area; see pagan]

peas•ant

(ˈpɛz ənt)

n. 1. a member of a class of small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank, as in Europe, Asia, or Latin America. 2. a coarse, uneducated person. adj. 3. of or characteristic of peasants or their way of life. 4. modeled on the folk costumes of Western cultures: peasant blouses. [1375–1425; late Middle English paissaunt < Anglo-French paisant, Old French païsant, earlier païsenc=païs country (< Late Latin pāgēnsis= Latin pāg(us) country district + -ēnsis -ensis) + -enc < Germanic]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	peasant - a country person bucolic, provincialcottar, cotter - a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlandsmoujik, mujik, muzhik, muzjik - a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)rustic - an unsophisticated country person
	2.	peasant - one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborerspeasantry - the class of peasantsagricultural laborer, agricultural labourer - a person who tills the soil for a livingfellah - an agricultural laborer in Arab countries
	3.	peasant - a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinementboor, churl, Goth, tike, tyke, barbariandisagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

peasant

noun1. rustic, countryman, hind (obsolete), swain (archaic), son of the soil, churl (archaic) land given to peasants for food production2. (Informal) boor, provincial, hick (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), lout, yokel, country bumpkin, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. informal), churl Why should I let a lot of peasants traipse over my property?

Translations

农民

peasant

(ˈpeznt) noun a person who lives and works on the land, especially in a poor, primitive or underdeveloped area. Many peasants died during the drought; (also adjective) a peasant farmer. 農民 农民ˈpeasantry noun peasants as a group; the peasants of a particular place. What part did the peasantry play in the Russian revolution? (總稱)農民 （总称）农民