a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries) (尤指贫困国家或旧时的)农民,小农,雇农 ■(informal)an ignorant, rude, or unsophisticated person; a person of low social status (非正式)无教养的人,粗野的人;地位低的人
派生 peasantry noun peasanty adjective 语源
late Middle English: from Old French paisent 'country dweller', from pais 'country', based on Latin pagus 'country district'