peasant

[US]/ˈpeznt/
[UK]/ˈpeznt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. farmer; a person living in the countryside.

Phrases & Collocations

peasant household

Example Sentences

a family of peasant origin.

both of them came from peasant stock.

the system of burgage and the abuse to the system of peasant-labors.

Only a few of the nation's peasants are literate.

The peasants were ploughing the field.

The peasants reaped their rice.

folk dancers in peasant dress.

In those days, if you were born a peasant, you were a peasant for life.

The rich peasants answered mockingly.

They forced thousands of peasants into their reactionary armies.

The old peasant conjectured that it would be an unusually cold winter.

to this end, schools were set up for peasant women.

peasants and miners were formed into a militia.

an idealized vision of traditional peasant life as simple and homey.

The distances between workers and peasants are reducing.

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