poor peasant

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• Poor Peasants Committee — Poor Peasants Committees ( ru. Комитет Бедноты, komitet bednoty , commonly abbreviated as kombed ) were organs based on class approach of the communist ideology, being organs of self government of the poor peasants. They were introduced by a… …   Wikipedia

• Peasant foods — (or poor people s food) are those dishes specific to a particular culture made from accessible and inexpensive ingredients and usually prepared and spiced to make them more palatable. They have often formed a significant part of the diets of poor …   Wikipedia

• peasant — ► NOUN 1) a poor smallholder or agricultural labourer of low social status. 2) informal an ignorant, rude, or unsophisticated person. DERIVATIVES peasantry noun. ORIGIN Old French paisent, from pais country …   English terms dictionary

• Peasant — A peasant is an agricultural worker who subsists by working a small plot of ground. The word is derived from 15th century French païsant meaning one from the pays , or countryside. The term peasant today is sometimes used in a pejorative sense… …   Wikipedia

• peasant */ — UK [ˈpez(ə)nt] / US [ˈpezənt] noun [countable] Word forms peasant : singular peasant plural peasants 1) someone who works on another person s farm or on their own small farm. This word is used mainly about people in poor countries or people in… …   English dictionary

• peasant — peas|ant [ˈpezənt] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: paisant, from païs country , from Latin pagus; PAGAN2] 1.) a poor farmer who owns or rents a small amount of land, either in past times or in poor countries ▪ Most villagers are peasant …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• peasant — noun (C) 1 someone in a poor country or in former times, who does farm work on the piece of land where they live: He was born into a peasant family during the 1930s. 2 informal someone who does not have good manners or much education: Don t be… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• peasant — peas|ant [ pezənt ] noun count * 1. ) someone who works on another person s farm or on their own small farm. This word is used mainly about people in poor countries or people in history: The majority of the population are landless peasants. a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• peasant — [[t]pe̱z(ə)nt[/t]] peasants N COUNT: oft supp N, N n A peasant is a poor person of low social status who works on the land; used of people who live in countries where farming is still a common way of life. ...the peasants in the Peruvian… …   English dictionary

• peasant — noun 1》 a poor smallholder or agricultural labourer of low social status. 2》 informal an ignorant, rude, or unsophisticated person. Derivatives peasantry noun peasanty adjective Origin ME: from OFr. paisent country dweller , from pais country ,… …   English new terms dictionary

• peasant — [ˈpez(ə)nt] noun [C] a poor person who works on another person s farm or on their own small farm, especially in the past …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English