campesinos
- plural of campesino.
Example Sentences
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Chávez “loved his people, protected us campesinos, protected the poor,” she explained.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026
“We’re campesinos, we come from the fields,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2025
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
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
"In fact, in the countryside, you'll still find some campesinos using the word in the old sense. Altagracia!" she calls to one of the maids sitting at the other end of the patio.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
