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PEASANTS
Noun
peasants
plural of peasant
Anagrams
• Pestanas, anapests
Source: Wiktionary
PEASANT
Peas"ant, n. Etym: [OF. paĂŻsant (the i being perh. due to confusion with the p.pr. of verbs), paĂŻsan, F. paysan, fr. OF. & F. pays country, fr. L. pagus the country. See Pagan.]
Definition: 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, a.
Definition: Rustic, rural. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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