PEASANT
Dictionary entry overview: What does peasant mean?
• PEASANT (noun)
The noun PEASANT has 3 senses:
1. a country person
2. one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
3. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
Familiarity information: PEASANT used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PEASANT (noun)
Meaning:
A country person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bucolic; peasant; provincial
Hypernyms ("peasant" is a kind of...):
rustic (an unsophisticated country person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peasant"):
cottar; cotter (a peasant farmer in the Scottish highlands)
moujik; mujik; muzhik; muzjik (a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917))
Meaning:
One of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("peasant" is a kind of...):
agricultural laborer; agricultural labourer (a person who tills the soil for a living)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peasant"):
fellah (an agricultural laborer in Arab countries)
Holonyms ("peasant" is a member of...):
peasantry (the class of peasants)
Meaning:
A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
tike; Goth; churl; boor; barbarian; tyke; peasant
Hypernyms ("peasant" is a kind of...):
disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)
