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peasant

[pez-uhnt] / ˈpɛz ənt /


NOUN
a uneducated, rural person
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One newspaper denounced “The Playboy of the Western World” as an “unmitigated, prolonged libel upon Irish peasant men and, worse still, upon Irish peasant girlhood.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

“It’s like reading an old English novel when you’re the peasant, and you’re not recognized.”

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

In long, meandering speeches laced with peasant folklore, Museveni often appeals for more time, likening himself to a farmer leaving a plantation just as it starts bearing fruit.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

It tells the story of Juan Diego, a peasant of Chichimeca descent who was visited several times by the Virgin Mary.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

That spirit alarmed and discomfited many Europeans, toff and peasant alike.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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