Synonyms for peasant

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pez-uh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛz ənt

Top 10 synonyms for peasant

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Définition of peasant

Origin : early 15c., from Anglo-French paisant (mid-14c.), Old French paisent "local inhabitant" (12c., Modern French paysan), earlier paisenc, from pais "country, region" + Frankish suffix -enc "-ing."
Pais is from Late Latin pagensis "(inhabitant) of the district," from Latin pagus "country or rural district" (see pagan). As a style of garment in fashion (e.g. peasant blouse) from 1953.

noun farmer

Example sentences :

"Oh, blessed be the sound of your voice," replied the peasant.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Bentzon gives us for hero the village doctor, son of a peasant.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

I have now a fairly representative experience of the French peasant.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

Do come out, or the peasant will stick his pitchfork into you.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

He had a muffler round his neck, and was wearing a peasant's cloak of a dark colour.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Why that man has conversation for the prince and the peasant—the courtier and the anchorite.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Here spoke the true spirit of the gentleman, though he was but in the garb of a peasant.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

But the peasant is not lavish, and, for whole weeks, he did not bring back a sou.
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

On the front seat is a peasant, laughing at the antics of the clown.
Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry

One of our drivers was a Russian peasant from Yaroslavl, the other, an Ossete.
Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

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