Peasant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Peasant	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Peasant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peasant n a country person Synonym(s): peasant, provincial, bucolic one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement Synonym(s): peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peasant \Peas"ant\, n. [OF. pa[8b]sant (the i being perh. due to confusion with the p. pr. of verbs), pa[8b]san, F. paysan, fr. OF. & F. pays country, fr. L. pagus the country. See {Pagan}.] A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries. Syn: Countryman; rustic; swain; hind.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peasant \Peas"ant\, a. Rustic, rural. --Spenser.