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Synonyms for peasant

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pez-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛz ənt

Top 10 synonyms for peasant
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Définition of peasant

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Anglo-French paisant (mid-14c.), Old French paisent "local inhabitant" (12c., Modern French paysan), earlier paisenc, from pais "country, region" + Frankish suffix -enc "-ing."
  • Pais is from Late Latin pagensis "(inhabitant) of the district," from Latin pagus "country or rural district" (see pagan). As a style of garment in fashion (e.g. peasant blouse) from 1953.
  • noun farmer
Example sentences :
  • "Oh, blessed be the sound of your voice," replied the peasant.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Bentzon gives us for hero the village doctor, son of a peasant.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • I have now a fairly representative experience of the French peasant.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • Do come out, or the peasant will stick his pitchfork into you.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • He had a muffler round his neck, and was wearing a peasant's cloak of a dark colour.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Why that man has conversation for the prince and the peasant—the courtier and the anchorite.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Here spoke the true spirit of the gentleman, though he was but in the garb of a peasant.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • But the peasant is not lavish, and, for whole weeks, he did not bring back a sou.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • On the front seat is a peasant, laughing at the antics of the clown.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • One of our drivers was a Russian peasant from Yaroslavl, the other, an Ossete.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
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