peasant

We scan an Italian alternative whose packaging gives you the impression those biscuits have been hand-made by peasant women wearing black shawls.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Within five years a French resurgence would gather momentum, driven by the intervention of a 17-year-old peasant girl known as Joan of Arc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 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

The typical peasant developed a very strong attachment to this structure.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

The late French queen is best known for her supposedly callous, clueless, privileged suggestion that if the peasants couldn’t get enough bread, they should eat cake instead.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026

"We are peasants, our houses were destroyed, and we have no help so far," said Muslimo Hassan Isaq, 56.

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025

When the Song dynasty took over China in the late 10th century, the feudal system that gave aristocrats control of land and peasants in return for military service was breaking down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2025

I went there, I learned to love the peasants, the bombing shocked my psyche and soul to the core, and I responded — not because I was hopeful or hopeless, but because I was alive.”

From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2024

There were many peasants with baskets and sacks upon their backs.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi