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peasant

  • noun
  • /ˈpɛzənt/

A country person.

Synonyms

  • provincial

Related words

  • antipeasant
  • nonpeasant
  • peasantess
  • peasanthood
  • peasantish
  • peasantism
  • peasantist
  • peasantize
  • peasantlike
  • peasantness
  • peasantship
  • peasanty

Word history

From Latin "pāgēnsis" (inhabitant of a district).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “peasant” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.