Peasant - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpeznt|
Brit.
|ˈpez(ə)nt|
noun
- a country person (syn: bucolic, provincial)
- one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
- a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement (syn: barbarian, boor, churl, goth, tike, tyke)
- one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
- a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement (syn: barbarian, boor, churl, goth, tike, tyke)
Extra examples
They treated us like a bunch of peasants.
Most villagers are peasant farmers.
...between the recipes for hearty peasant dishes, the author intercalates fond reminiscences of her year in the French countryside...
And Rousseau, in his Confessions, wrote of the sensual pleasure he found in simple meals of peasant cheeses and breads.
The peasant soon glided hopelessly into debt.
He sprang from peasant stock.
The highlands are populated mainly by peasant farmers.
Word forms
noun
singular: peasant
plural: peasants
singular: peasant
plural: peasants
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