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peasant definition

peas·ant (pez′ənt)

noun

  1. any person of the class of small farmers or of farm laborers, as in Europe or Asia
  2. a person regarded as coarse, boorish, ignorant, etc.

Etymology: LME paissaunt < Anglo-Fr paisant < MFr païsent < OFr < païs, country < LL pagensis, belonging to the district < pagus, district: see pagan

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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