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Peasant
Peas′ant
,Noun.
[OF.
païsant
(the i being perh. due to confusion with the p. pr. of verbs), païsan
, 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.
Peas′ant
,Adj.
Rustic, rural.
Spenser.