Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

peasant

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛz(ə)nt/
Translate peasant | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
Definition of peasant

noun

  • a poor smallholder or agricultural labourer of low social status (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries): [as modifier]:peasant farmers
  • informal an ignorant, rude, or unsophisticated person: ‘That is a civilized drink, you peasant’

Derivatives

peasantry

noun

peasanty

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French paisent 'country dweller', from pais 'country', based on Latin pagus 'country district'

peasant in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of peasant in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

ludology

/ luːˈdɒlədʒi /
noun
the study of games and gaming, especially video games …