单词 | peasant |
释义 | peasant —peasantlike, adj. /pez"euhnt/, n. 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. adj. 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. [1375-1425; late ME paissaunt < AF paisant, OF païsant, earlier païsenc, equiv. to païs country ( < LL pagensis, equiv. to L pag(us) country district + -ensis -ENSIS) + -enc < Gmc (see -ING3)] |
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