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Peasant : (noun)
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Peasant : \Peas"ant\, a.
Rustic, rural. --Spenser.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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