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单词 peasant
释义 peas·ant
I. \ˈpezənt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English paissaunt, from Middle French paisant, from Old French païsant, from païs country — more at paysage
1. : one of a chiefly European class that tills the soil as small free landowners or hired laborers
 < burgesses, peasants … have borne arms indistinguishable from those of the nobility — D.L.Galbreath >
2. obsolete : a rascally person : scamp
 < thou shalt know I will predominate over the peasant — Shakespeare >
3. : a rather uneducated uncouth person in the low income group
 < nobody gave a thought to the rest of us peasants — Bernard Taper >
 < she was a complete peasant when she came here — Margery Allingham >
II. adjective
1.
 a. : of or relating to peasants : having the status of a peasant
  < the conservative peasant ideas of … immigrants — Oscar Handlin >
  < most … were peasant stock whose descendants today hold important positions — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
 b. : based upon and characterized by a simple agricultural economy
  < Asian peasant societies >
2. : of or resembling the designs in the clothing of peasants
 < a very pretty girl in a peasant blouse — Calvin Tompkins >
3. : relating to native culture or art : produced by native craftsmen
 < lacking … any marked tradition of decorative peasant art — Charles Marriott >
 < peasant wares were often so cheap — W.E.Cox >
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