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peasant

noun
/ˈpɛzənt/

Etymology

From Late Middle English paissaunt, from Anglo-Norman paisant, from Old French païsant, païsan (“countryman, peasant”), from païs (“country”), from Latin pāgus (“countryside”) + Old French -enc (“member of”), from Frankish -inc, -ing "-ing"; which was an alteration of earlier Late Latin pāgēnsis (“inhabitant of a district”). Doublet of paisano. Via Latin pāgus cognate with pagan (compare typologically, see there for more).

  1. derived from pāgēnsis
  2. derived from -enc
  3. derived from pāgus
  4. derived from païsant
  5. derived from paisant
  6. inherited from paissaunt

Definitions

  1. A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers…

    A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.

  2. A country person.

  3. An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A worker unit.

    2. Characteristic of or relating to a peasant or peasants

      Characteristic of or relating to a peasant or peasants; unsophisticated.

      • peasant class
      • 2007, Brad Bird, Ratatouille, spoken by Colette Ratatouille? It's a peasant dish. Are you sure you want to serve this to Ego?

    3. Lowly, vulgar

      Lowly, vulgar; reprehensible; dishonest.

      • Oh what a Rogue and Pesant slave am I?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA