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peasant

Definition

noun: a poor farmer or farm worker who has low social status
noun: a member of a European class of persons tilling the soil as small landowners or as laborers
used especially to refer to poor people who lived in Europe in the past or to poor people who live in some countries around the world today
synonyms: hind, swain, countryman

Examples

This land was farmed for centuries by 'peasants'.
They treated us like a bunch of 'peasants'.
a 'peasant' community/girl

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(..) about your mother. Why would I? She had me, she died. And here we are. She was a peasant girl. Pretty in a common sort of way. She was the miller's wife. Apparently they had married without my knowledge or consent. (..)
2015 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Kill the Boy Season: 5 Episode 5