Meaning & use
peasant
A poor farmer or agricultural worker, especially one from earlier historical periods or traditional rural societies.
See it in a sentence
Medieval peasants worked the land in exchange for protection from the local lord.
The novel follows a peasant family struggling to survive a harsh winter.
A note on using this word
Peasant is mainly used in historical, literary, or academic contexts today, and can sound insulting if applied casually to modern people.
Words with a similar meaning
farmhandserf
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