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campesino

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[kahm-pe-see-naw, kam-puh-see-noh] / ˌkɑm pɛˈsi nɔ, ˌkæm pəˈsi noʊ /

noun

Spanish.

plural

campesinos
  1. (in Latin America) a peasant or farmer.


Example Sentences

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"This is an energy drain like I've never seen," said Mr Harris, who is also chief financial officer of Cafe Campesino, one of the 23 roasteries that own Cooperative Coffees.

From BBC

Rizo Lopez has recalled nearly 60 products, most of which are Mexican cheeses and cremas under the brand names Tio Francisco, Rizo Bros, Casa Cardenas and Campesino.

From Los Angeles Times

On an early spring day, Valdez is kicking it at the headquarters of El Teatro Campesino, the irreverent performance troupe that he and a scrappy group of Mexican American fieldhands dreamed into being out of the social turbulence of the 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times

An indelible throughline links El Pachuco to the Jaguar Knight; the Central Valley farmworker to the urban Chicano; El Teatro Campesino to the Mark Taper Forum; and “Zoot Suit” to all of it.

From Los Angeles Times

“They’re the ones that have to live in tomorrow’s world. And all these old people that are corrupt, that are going to die tomorrow anyway, they’re no longer invested. It has to be the young people. Teatro Campesino was born with teenagers. I was 25 years old but other members were 18 and 19, with great energy taking on the world.”

From Los Angeles Times