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nouna crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinementtype of:
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nouna country person
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nounone of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
Definition that contains peasant
- rasputin Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916)
- sl a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade
- cotter a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands
- babushka a woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin; worn by Russian peasant women
- peasantry the class of peasants
- copyhold a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services
- muzhik a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)
- richard ii King of England from 1377 to 1399; he suppressed the Peasant's Revolt in 1381 but his reign was marked by popular discontent and baronial opposition in British Parliament and he was forced to abdicate in 1399 (1367-1400)
- mujik a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)
- cottar a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands