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Noun: peasant  pe-zunt
  1. A country person
    - provincial, bucolic
     
  2. One of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural labourers
     
  3. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
    - barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke [informal], tike [informal]

Derived forms: peasants

Type of: agricultural laborer [US], agricultural labourer [Brit, Cdn], disagreeable person, rustic, unpleasant person

Part of: peasantry

Encyclopedia: Peasant