PEASANTS

Noun

peasants

plural of peasant

Anagrams

• Pestanas, anapests

Source: Wiktionary


PEASANT

Peas"ant, n. Etym: [OF. païsant (the i being perh. due to confusion with the p.pr. of verbs), païsan, 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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