Category: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.]

Defn: a countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of Tillers of the soil in european countries.

Syn. -- countryman; rustic; swain; hind.

Peasant Peas"ant, a.

Defn: rustic, rural. Spenser.