单词 | peasant |
释义 | peasant n.   1. esp. colloq. a countryman or countrywoman; a rustic.   2. a a worker on the land, esp. a labourer or smallholder. b hist. a member of an agricultural class dependent on subsistence farming.   3. derog. a lout; a boorish person. Derivatives peasantry n. (pl. -ies). peasanty adj. Etymology: ME f. AF paisant, OF pa{iuml}sent, earlier pa{iuml}sence f. pa{iuml}s country ult. f. L pagus canton |
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