Definition of "peasant" in Englisch

noun

1. A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.

2. A country person.

3. (derogatory) An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.

4. (strategy games) A worker unit.

adjective

1. (attributive) Characteristic of or relating to a peasant or peasants; unsophisticated.

   • peasant class
   • 2007, Brad Bird, Ratatouille, spoken by Colette Ratatouille? It's a peasant dish. Are you sure you want to serve this to Ego?

2. (obsolete, derogatory) Lowly, vulgar; reprehensible; dishonest.