peasant

peasant
noun
  1. 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
  1. late Middle English: from Old French paisent 'country dweller', from pais 'country', based on Latin pagus 'country district'
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