Definition of Peasent
Peas"ant (?), n. [OF.
païsant (the i being perh. due to confusion with
the p. pr. of verbs), païsan, F. paysan, fr. OF. &
F. pays country, fr. L. pagus the country. See
Pagan.] A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the
lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries.
Syn. -- Countryman; rustic; swain; hind.
Peas"ant, a. Rustic, rural.
Spenser.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A member of the class constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, and laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture.
- A country person; a rustic.
- An uncouth, crude, or ill-bred person; a boor.
- (strategy games) a worker unit (Synonyms: peon, serf, villager)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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