peasant
noun
a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
peasants
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pluralof peasant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A teenager draws his slingshot, while fighters holding prayer beads take control of a Soviet tank, and peasants clutching pitchforks face Soviet soldiers.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
The late French queen is best known for her supposedly callous, clueless, privileged suggestion that if the peasants couldn’t get enough bread, they should eat cake instead.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026
This was distinct from Europe where aristocrats lived off inherited wealth, only peasants labored manually and one’s place in society was fixed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
He painted Tesla, a company he famously rules with nearly an iron fist, as an egalitarian workplace with "no lords and peasants," because there's no "special elevator only for senior executives."
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2025
A swarm of peasants armed with pitchforks stormed across the screen.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
