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peasant

peas.ant \'pez-*nt\ n [ME paissaunt, fr. MF paisant, fr. OF, fr. pai:s 
   country, fr] often attrib . LL pagensis inhabitant of a district, fr. L 
   pagus district - more at PAGAN 1: one of a chiefly European class of 
   persons tilling the soil as small lan downers or as laborers 2: a person of 
   low social status esp. when comparatively uneducated or unco uth