peasant

CEFRC1

/ˈpɛzənt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A poor farmer, especially in the past.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A country person.

Examples

  • Disguising himself as a peasant, he crept into the castle town.

  • I am nothing but a poor peasant.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. 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.

  3. A worker unit.

More examples

In context

  • The peasant scattered the seeds of grain.

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

  • peasant class

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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).