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Synonyms of peasant

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Another word for peasant is peon. Other synonyms of peasant are serf and villager.

Synonyms and similar words for peasant

nounA member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and...

  • peonA lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
  • serfA worker unit.

nounA country person.

nounAn uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.

  • boorA peasant.
  • bogger Ireland, UK
  • bogtrotter Ireland
  • bucolicA rustic, peasant.
  • bydloSomeone who is backwards, lacking refinement and culture, usually a person of Slavic origin.
  • culchie IrelandAn unsophisticated rural person; a rustic or provincial.
  • carl
  • corncob US
  • cornhusker US
  • country bumpkinAn unsophisticated person from the rural area of a particular country.
  • country cousinAn acquaintance from the countryside, who is regarded by city dwellers as being poorly adapted for city life.
  • clodhopperA peasant or yokel (countryperson).
  • dubbo AustraliaA foolish person.
  • joskinA yokel, country bumpkin.
  • hayseed US
  • hickAn awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
  • honyock USA person (especially a farmer) of relatively recent Central or Eastern European peasant extraction.
  • hunk US
  • promdiSomeone from the provinces; a hillbilly.
  • provincial
  • rube US
  • woolly back UK
  • yokelA person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.
  • hob obsolete
  • hobnail obsolete
  • hog-rubber obsoleteA coarse fellow only fit to such work as rubbing hogs.
  • lob obsolete

Meaning of peasant

  1. 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.
  2. noun A country person.
  3. noun An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.

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Questions about synonyms of peasant

What is another word for peasant?
Peasant has 32 synonyms on Word.ws, such as peon, serf and villager.
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.

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