peasant
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈpɛzənt/
- Offensive
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paleto
- The others might think him a dumb peasant, but Vincent sensed there was an intelligence.
- ignorant peasants
He's calling like people on the plane peasants, which clearly only drunk people do.
- He's calling like people on the plane peasants, which clearly only drunk people do.
- How dare we arrive on time peasants.
- It is way better to look at than this peasant trash.
- Maybe they're like, hey, fuck off janitor, you fucking peasant.
- Anybody can bank with Chase, OK, the peasant bank.
- So we decided let's give these actually unintelligent peasants a way to share their photos and make them look professional.
Examples
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- I hate when folk treat us like peasants.
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And the way they just laughed at the powder of my foundation, they just said peasant, that's what they did to me.
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How dare you, you insolent peasant!
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"If you won't buy a computer, you are a peasant," Sonya said.
Fiction book (1995) -
She wants to make us a nation of peasants.
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Still, she has a beauty I will never attain, bareheaded in the rain like a peasant.
Fiction book (2001) -
My father's a peasant.
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But this policy had limited success, since peasant culture resisted intrusions from outsiders.
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"He's just a stupid peasant," Nayla said quickly, relieved at the opportunity to redeem herself.
Fiction book (1998) -
He was treated like a peasant, with little respect and no appreciation for his hard work.
Synonyms
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6.4
A person who behaves rudely or without manners
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8.9
A person from the countryside who seems not used to city life
2
8.3
A rude person who shows little respect for others
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9.9
A person who is rude and selfish to other people
1
9.9
A rude person who has poor manners
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9.9
A rude or uncultured person used as an insult in older speech
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6.3
A person from the countryside who seems simple and not used to city life
A rude person with bad manners
A country person thought to be simple and not educated
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Etymology
Peasant also gained a second, insulting meaning. Because it once meant a 'country' person, people began to call someone a peasant when they seemed rude or without polite behaviour, so the word can mean an uncultured or uncouth person today.