Definitions for peasantˈpɛz ənt

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

peas•antˈpɛz ənt(n.)

a member of a class of small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank, as in Europe, Asia, or Latin America.
a coarse, uneducated person.
(adj.)of or characteristic of peasants or their way of life.
modeled on the folk costumes of Western cultures:
peasant blouses.
Category: Clothing

Origin of peasant:

1375–1425; late ME paissaunt < AF paisant, OF païsant, earlier païsenc=païs country (< LL pāgēnsis= L pāg(us) country district +-ēnsis -ensis ) + -enc < Gmc

Princeton's WordNet

peasant, provincial, bucolic(noun)
a country person
peasant(noun)
one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike(noun)
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

peasant(noun)ˈpɛz ənt
a very poor person who works on the land
the harsh life of a peasant

Wiktionary

peasant(Noun)
A member of the lowly social class which toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.
peasant(Noun)
A country person.
peasant(Noun)
An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.
peasant(Noun)
(strategy games) a worker unit

Origin: From Late paissaunt, from paisant, from païsant, from païsan, from païs, from pagensis, from pagus + -enc, of origin, from -inc, -ing "-ing". More at -ing.