[ˈpɛznt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a poor smallholder or agricultural labourer of low social status (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries)
(e.g: peasants left the farms to work in industry)

- an ignorant, rude, or unsophisticated person
(e.g: ‘That is a civilized drink, you peasant’)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French paisent ‘country dweller’, from pais ‘country’, based on Latin pagus ‘country district’