The definition of a peasant is a country person, a farmer or a crude person.
(noun)See peasant in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: LME paissaunt < Anglo-Fr paisant < MFr païsent < OFr < païs, country < LL pagensis, belonging to the district < pagus, district: see pagan
See peasant in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English paissaunt
Origin: , from Old French paisant
Origin: , from pais, country
Origin: , from Late Latin pāgēnsis, inhabitant of a district
Origin: , from Latin pāgus, district; see pag- in Indo-European roots
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