peasant farmer
Example Sentences
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If Naoroji had been a peasant farmer instead of an educated member of the middle class, do you think his criticisms would have been different?
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
“We are not Chavistas, we are not communists, we are not extremists,” Castillo said in a speech last week, wearing his customary wide-brimmed straw hat, a reflection of his peasant farmer roots.
From Reuters • Jul. 28, 2021
Nicolas Ferrand, the proprietor of Domaine des Côtes Rousses, calls himself a paysan vigneron, a peasant farmer and winemaker.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2021
Magufuli was the son of a peasant farmer and went on to became Tanzania's president in 2015.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2021
If you were a peasant farmer in Southern China, by contrast, you didn’t sleep through the winter.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
