1848 J. S. Mill I. i. iv. 72 When a peasant farmer or proprietor lives on the produce of his land.
1906 21 Mar. 6/6 Of peasant-farmer stock, the elder Bunsen..became tutor in an English family.
1994 18 July 4/2 Hutus, mostly peasant farmers, make up eighty-five percent of the population.