peasant

Pluralpeasants

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A poor farmer or farm worker, especially in earlier times or in poor countries.

   Each peasant gave part of the harvest to the man who owned the land.

   The peasants planted rice together before the rains came.

   Similarserf, peon

   Oppositearistocrat, noble

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2. 2
   nounderogatorycountable

   A rude, crude person with very bad manners.

   He ate with his fingers and wiped them on the tablecloth. What a peasant.

   She called her brother a peasant for coming to the wedding in dirty sneakers.

   Similaryokel, hick, redneck, hillbilly, boor

   Oppositesophisticate

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   Someone who lives in the countryside instead of a town or city.

   A peasant walking the mountain road showed us the way to the inn.

   On market day, peasants from the villages filled the town square.

   Similarvillager, rustic

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4. 4
   adjectivebefore a noun

   Connected with poor farmers, or simple and plain in style.

   We ate a simple peasant meal of bread, cheese, and soup.

   His peasant manners embarrassed his rich cousins at the party.

   Similarrustic, simple, rural, unsophisticated, country

   Oppositesophisticated, refined

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   A worker character in a strategy game that collects things like wood and gold and builds buildings.

   Like a worker bee: it does not fight, but it collects food and builds for the whole group.

   Send a peasant to chop wood near the mill.

   I lost three peasants when the enemy attacked my farm.

   Similarworker

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