Definitions for: Peasant


[n] a country person
[n] a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
[n] one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers



Webster (1913) Definition: Peas"ant, n. [OF. pa["i]sant (the i being perh. due to
confusion with the p. pr. of verbs), pa["i]san, F. paysan,
fr. OF. & F. pays country, fr. L. pagus the country. See
Pagan.]
A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class
of tillers of the soil in European countries.

Syn: Countryman; rustic; swain; hind.


Peas"ant, a.
Rustic, rural. --Spenser.

Synonyms: barbarian, boor, bucolic, churl, Goth, provincial, tike, tyke

See Also: agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer, cottar, cotter, disagreeable person, fellah, moujik, mujik, muzhik, muzjik, peasantry, rustic, unpleasant person

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