peasant
/ˈpɛzənt/
peasant noun: 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.
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Noun
peasant (plural peasants)
- 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.
- The Ambassador warned him of the consequences if his mission to Moscow were a failure, both to Churchill's position at home and to Russia's prospects in the war. He insisted that he should not allow himself to be offended 'by a peasant who didn't know any better'. Churchill listened in silence...1986, Martin Kitchen, British Policy Towards the Soviet Union during the Second World War, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 137
- A country person.
- An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.
- Synonyms:
- boor, bogger, bogtrotter, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, corncob, cornhusker
- A worker unit.
Adjective
peasant (not comparable)
- Characteristic of or relating to a peasant or peasants; unsophisticated.
- peasant class
- Ratatouille? It's a peasant dish. Are you sure you want to serve this to Ego?2007, Brad Bird, Ratatouille, spoken by Colette
- Lowly, vulgar; reprehensible; dishonest.
- Oh what a Rogue and Pesant slave am I?c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
peasant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
peasant in Hindi
- member of the agriculture low class
- किसान kisān
peasant in Tamil
- உழவர்
peasant in Urdu
- member of the agriculture low class
- کِسان kisān, دَہْقان dahqān, دِہْقان dihqān, رَعِیَتْ ra'iyat
peasant in Bengali
- member of the agriculture low class
- চাষী caśi
More languagesFewer languages
- peasant in Malayalam
- കർഷകൻ, കൃഷീവലൻ, ഗ്രാമീണൻ
- peasant in Kannada
- ರೈತ, ಬೇಸಾಯಗಾರ, ಕೃಷಿಕ, ಆರಂಬಗಾರ
- peasant in Gujarati
- કણબી kaṇbī, ખેડૂત kheḍūt, રૈયત raiyat
- peasant in Sanskrit
- वैश्य váiśya
- peasant in Sinhala
- ගොවි gowi
- peasant in Assamese
- ৰায়ত rayot
- peasant in Pashto
- بزګر bazgar, دهقان dehqān, کسان kasān
- peasant in Arabic
- فَلَّاح fallāḥ, فَلَّاحَة fallāḥa
- peasant in Malay
- petani
- peasant in Indonesian
- petani
- peasant in Thai
- ชาวนา chaao-naa, ไพร่ prâi
- peasant in Vietnamese
- nông dân
- peasant in Myanmar
- တောင်သူလယ်သမား taungsulaisa.ma:
Examples of peasant in a sentence
- A peasant is not allowed to fall in love with a lady of quality.
- The angry peasants were a virtual army as they attacked the castle.
- The knouting of the peasants went on for days in revenge for their uprising.
Synonyms of peasant
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Forms of peasant
| plural | peasants |
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Origin of peasant
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).
Words formed from peasant
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Questions about peasant
- What does peasant mean?
- Peasant means 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.
- What is peasant in Hindi?
- Peasant in Hindi is किसान (kisān). See Peasant meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is peasant?
- Peasant can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce peasant?
- Peasant is pronounced /ˈpɛzənt/.
- What is the plural of peasant?
- The plural of peasant is peasants.
Words near peasant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: peasant (page history and authors); peasant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); peasant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); peasant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); કણબી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); वैश्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); ৰায়ত (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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