Definition of Peasant. Meaning of Peasant. Synonyms of Peasant

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Definition of Peasant

Peasant
Peasant Peas"ant, n. [OF. pa["i]sant (the i being perh. due to confusion with the p. pr. of verbs), pa["i]san, F. paysan, fr. OF. & F. pays country, fr. L. pagus the country. See Pagan.] A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries. Syn: Countryman; rustic; swain; hind.
Peasant
Peasant Peas"ant, a. Rustic, rural. --Spenser.

Meaning of Peasant from wikipedia

- Look up peasant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership, especially...
- peasant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Peasants are a traditional class of farmers. Peasant(s) or The Peasant(s) may also refer to: The Peasants...
- The concept of peasant mentality constitutes a widespread traditional characterisation of peasantry, often a disparaging one. Peasants as a class predominated...
- The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had...
- The Eloquent Peasant (Ancient Egyptian: Sekhti-nefer-medu, "a peasant good of speech") is an Ancient Egyptian story that was composed around 1850 BCE during...
- Peasants' Party or Peasant Party may refer to one of the following political parties: Croatian Democratic Peasant Party Croatian Peasant Party Croatian...
- The German Peasants' War, Great Peasants' War or Great Peasants' Revolt (German: Deutscher Bauernkrieg) was a widespread po****r revolt in some German-speaking...
- organized by peasants. The history of peasant wars spans over two thousand years. A variety of factors fueled the emergence of the peasant revolt phenomenon...
- The Peasants (Polish: Chłopi) is a novel written by the Polish author Władysław Reymont in four parts between 1904 and 1909. He started writing it in 1897...
- Peasant republic (a calque of the German word Bauernrepublik) is a term used to describe rural societies in the Middle Ages, especially in the Holy Roman...