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peasant

pea·sant

UK/ˈpɛzənt/ US/ˈpɛzʌnt/ fairly common

noun

1.
2.

one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers

3.

Origin

From Late Middle English paissaunt, from Anglo-Norman paisant, from Old French païsant, païsan (“countryman, peasant”), from païs (“country”), from Latin pāgus (“countryside”) + Old French -enc (“member of”), from Frankish -inc, -ing "-ing"; which was an alteration of earlier Late Latin pāgēnsis (“inhabitant of a district”). Doublet of paisano. Via Latin pāgus cognate with pagan (compare typologically, see there for more).

Phrases

  • peasant blouse
  • peasant shirt
  • peasant top
  • Russian peasant multiplication

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