:a poor farmer or farm worker who has low social status农民;佃农 — used especially to refer to poor people who lived in Europe in the past or to poor people who live in some countries around the world today尤指过去生活在欧洲的穷人或当今世界一些国家的穷人
This land was farmed for centuries by peasants.这片土地几个世纪以来都曾由农民耕种。
— often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
peasant farmers农民
a peasant community/girl农民群体;乡下女孩
peasant food [=good food that is made with simple ingredients and that is not fancy]农家食品
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disapproving:a person who is not educated and has low social status土包子;乡下人;没教养的人
They treated us like a bunch of peasants.他们把我们当作一群乡巴佬。
: a member of a European class of persons tilling the soil as small landowners or as laborers
This land was farmed by peasants for centuries.
also: a member of a similar class elsewhere
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: a usually uneducated person of low social status
They treated us like a bunch of peasants.
Example Sentences
They treated us like a bunch of peasants.
Recent Examples on the WebLook, there is Death and the Pope, Death and a cardinal, Death and the King, Death and a peasant. Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Aug. 2022 Born a peasant in medieval France, Joan of Arc believed God had chosen her to lead her country to victory in its long-running war with England. Leila Sackur, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2022 The traditional version of the two-act ballet tells the tale of Giselle, a young peasant girl with a heart condition who falls in love with Albrecht, a wealthy young man who toys with her affections.San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2022 Corn and buckwheat are stone-milled, sifted and kneaded in a wooden trough for the most traditional version of this hearty peasant bread from northern Portugal. Jen Rose Smith, CNN, 4 May 2022 But even absolute monarchies try to avoid peasant uprisings. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 7 July 2022 In December 1945, Muhammad Ali—not the boxer but a peasant farmer from Nag Hammadi, a town of Upper Egypt—uncovered an ancient earthenware jar. Michael J. Kruger, WSJ, 6 June 2022 The style has been building momentum over the past few seasons thanks to the sartorial resurgence of the early aughts, when the accessory was worn with a hint of satire, like to the beach with a bikini or a peasant skirt. Rachel Besser, Vogue, 29 May 2022 That makes the opera’s denouement — in which the peasant Colín and Jeannette not only extend nuptial blessings to Léontine and Valcour but gladly share a double-wedding with the feudal couple — brow-quirkingly conspicuous. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English paissaunt, from Anglo-French paisant, pesaunt, from pais, paiis country, from Late Latin pagensis inhabitant of a district, from Latin pagus district; akin to Latin pangere to fix — more at pact