A man employed in tillage; a farmer, husbandman; a ploughman, peasant; a tiller of the soil.

In the Old English constitution: a man simply, without rank; a member of the third or lowest rank of freemen. (Only Old English except historical.)

A man who follows, guides, or drives a plough. Hence more generally: a farm labourer; a rustic or peasant (now rare).

= bond, n.2 2. Obsolete exc. Historical.

Peasant, churl. Often used as a designation of rank or condition below burgess (and then also put collectively, or (?) as adjective).

A ploughman.

A person (esp. a man) who lives or was born in a rural area, or who has a rural occupation, appearance, or manner.

A husbandman, peasant, serf.

A familiar or rustic variation of the Christian name Robert or Robin. Hence formerly a generic name for: A rustic, a clown. Cf. Hodge, n.

A countryman, peasant.

Jack (John) Upland, used as a name for a rustic. (Cf. upaland, adv. b.)

A man of the common people; more particularly a countryman, a husbandman. archaic.

A peasant, husbandman.

A person who lives in the country and works on the land, esp. as a smallholder or a labourer; (chiefly Sociology) a member of an agricultural…

A person who lives in the country; a rustic.

A countryman. rare.

A peasant, a woodman.

A little carl.

A person who lives in the countryside (typically implying ignorance or lack of sophistication); a yokel; = rustic, n. 1. Now archaic and rare.

A boy who leads the animal or animals drawing a plough, a boy who drives a plough; (hence more generally) a boy from a rural labouring class, a…

A peasant, a countryman. Obsolete except as in sense 3a.

A person living in the countryside; a peasant. Now frequently in historical or literary contexts.

transferred. A rustic, peasant, country person; †contemptuously vagabond, rascal (obsolete). Now rare.

= tillman, n.

A countryman, rustic, or peasant.

Scottish. As a proper or common noun. (A name given to) a man who lives in a rural area; a countryman, a rustic; spec. a farm labourer. Now historical…

a rustic; also allusively.

a rustic (cf. Jock upaland n. at upaland, adv. b).

A country person, a peasant; a homely or unsophisticated person. Now rare.

A person who lives in the countryside; a rustic.

transferred. A rustic, a country person.

A country or farm labourer, frequently a shepherd; a countryman, rustic. archaic.

A generic proper name in pastoral poetry for a rustic.

A man who is native to or lives in a mountainous region; (U.S.) a hillbilly. Now chiefly U.S.

A pretty country girl; a female sweetheart. Also (after Milton: see quot. 1645): a pretty or dexterous female servant.

A person dwelling in a wood, or in a woodland region; a forester; a rustic.

A peasant, a rustic; a simple person. Obsolete.

A generic name for a female rustic.

cf. stubbed boy n. at stubbed, adj. 2b.

= peasant, n.; a countryperson or rustic.

A churl, carl, peasant.

A poor or young swain or rustic. Also, a rustic female sweetheart.

In South Asia: a peasant, husbandman, or cultivating tenant.

An Italian peasant or countryman.

(under-, prefix1 affix 3a(a).)

A person who wears high shoes (which in the 17th cent. were traditionally associated with country people); a country person, a rustic; a simple…

A female peasant. Cf. boor, n. 1.

Chiefly in French and French-speaking contexts: (a respectful term of reference for) a man of a rank or status below that of gentry or…

an agricultural labourer.

A woman who lives or was born in a rural area, or who has a rural occupation, appearance, or manner.

A villager, a peasant. Obsolete.

a country girl; cf. russet coat, n.

An inhabitant of the country; a farmer, a peasant.

A countrywoman; a peasant woman.

In Germany and German-speaking countries: a peasant, a smallholder. Cf. Boer, n. I. and boor, n. 2a.

A peasant, churl; also (Scottish) a spectre.

An Italian peasant-woman.

A country person.

a female peasant.

an unsophisticated person from the country.

colloquial. (A nickname for) a red-haired person, esp. a man.

A Norwegian peasant farmer or petty freeholder.

Humorous name for a rustic. North American, Australian, and New Zealand.

A rustic, peasant. (humorous.)

A country person; a peasant, a rustic. Cf. agricolous, adj. 1.

an unsophisticated person from the country; cf. jay, n. 3d.

In phrases. child (son,etc.) of the soil, a native of a place or country; also, closely connected with or engaged in the cultivation of the ground.

A person from a remote rural or mountainous area, esp. of the south-eastern U.S. Also attributive and transferred.

A country person; an inexperienced or ignorant person.

In India, a peasant, an agricultural worker.

An inhabitant of such a place; a country bumpkin. rare.

a farm worker; hence, a rustic (cf. bashing, n. 3).