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peasant |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peasant \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peasant \Peas"ant\, a. Rustic, rural. --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: peasant n 1: a country person [syn: {provincial}, {bucolic}] 2: one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers 3: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement [syn: {barbarian}, {boor}, {churl}, {Goth}, {tyke}, {tike}]
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