English
wikipedia
Pronunciation
IPA|/�p�z�nt/, SAMPA|/"pEz@nt/
audio|en-us-peasant.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From Middle English paissaunt, from Middle French paisant, from Old French païs, country, from Late Latin pagensis, "inhabitant of a district", from Latin pagus, district

Noun
peasant (plural: peasants)

#A member of the class constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, and laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture.
#A country person; a rustic.
#An uncouth, crude, or ill-bred person; a boor.
#(strategy games) a worker unit (Synonyms: peon, serf, villager)

Derived terms
peasantry

Translations
trans-top|a member of the agriculture class
Finnish: talonpoika
Hungarian: gazdálkodó, földműves
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Japanese: ��人 (�����, kosakunin)
Russian: к�е����нин (krest�jánin) m
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trans-top|a country person; a rustic
Finnish: maalainen
Hungarian: paraszt
trans-mid
Russian: к�е����нин (krest�jánin) m, �ел�нин (sel'anín) m
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trans-top|an uncouth, crude, or ill-bred person; a boor
Finnish: moukka
Hungarian: paraszt
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Russian: де�евен�ина (d'er'ev'énš'ina) m, м�жлан (mužlán) m
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trans-top|(strategy games) a worker unit
Finnish: talonpoika
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Russian: к�е����нин (krest�jánin) m
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ttbc|Chinese: 農�, �� (nóngmín)
ttbc|Dutch: landarbeider, landbouwer
ttbc|French: paysan m
ttbc|German: Landarbeiter m
ttbc|Greek: αγ���η� (agrótis) m
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ttbc|Italian: cafone m, contadino m
ttbc|Korean: �� (sonong)
ttbc|Portuguese: camponês m
ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: tuathanach m
ttbc|Spanish: campesino m,montañero m,peón m,
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See also
boor
churl
serf

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