campesino
noun
(in Latin America) a peasant or farmer.
campesinos
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pluralof campesino.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Chávez “loved his people, protected us campesinos, protected the poor,” she explained.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026
Many local Indigenous Purhépecha people, along with non-Indigenous campesinos, or country farmers, rented or sold land to the emerging avocado farmer class.
From Salon ● May 29, 2024
He’s taking advantage of “the campesinos — the farmworkers,” said activist Alicia Espinoza, a Moreno Valley resident who has helped organize some of Ochoa’s accusers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
Those inequalities were on vivid display this month at a roadblock near Cusco, where a group of campesinos sat vigil for hours over a roadblock of tires, tree trunks and boulders.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
All the campesinos had run off, and there wasn’t a neighbor willing to lend a hand.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
