Peasant Definition
pĕzənt
peasants
noun
peasants
Any person of the class of small farmers or of farm laborers, as in Europe or Asia.
Webster's New World
A country person; a rustic.
American Heritage
A person regarded as coarse, boorish, ignorant, etc.
Webster's New World
A country person.
Wiktionary
(strategy games) A worker unit.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Peasant
Noun
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peasantsOrigin of Peasant
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From Late Middle English paissaunt, from Anglo-Norman paisant, from Middle French païsant (“païsant"), from Old French païsan (“countryman, peasant"), from païs (“country"), from Late Latin pāgÄ“nsis (“inhabitant of a district"), from Latin pāgus (“district") + Old French -enc (“member of"), from Frankish -inc, -ing "-ing". More at -ing.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English paissaunt from Old French paisant from pais country from Late Latin pāgēnsis inhabitant of a district from Latin pāgus district pag- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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