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peasant

noun

peas·​ant ˈpe-zᵊnt How to pronounce peasant (audio)
1
: 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
2
: 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 Web Look, 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

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of peasant was in the 15th century

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