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peasant

nounmasculine/kɐ̃ˈponɨʃ/medium

cam·po·nês

Definition

A poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation.
The peasant worked the fields from dawn till dusk.
Medieval peasants lived in simple cottages.
Common collocations
peasant lifepeasant revoltpeasant communitypeasant farmer

Etymology

Do latim 'campania' (planície, campo) através do provençal 'campes'.

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