campesino

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Recent Examples of campesino Junior vividly remembers his father struggling tirelessly to support the family as a campesino (agricultural worker), an electrician and more, while his mother, who had worked as a bank clerk in Mexico, cleaned hotel rooms despite her arthritis. Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2026 Proudly sporting the pava—the campesino hat of the island’s rural working class—Benito drags that symbol into every song, visual, and public appearance, parading around the world as both patron saint and chronicler of Puerto Rican music, art, aesthetics, and politics. Pitchfork, 2 Dec. 2025 On May 12, a group of rural campesinos staged a peaceful protest to draw attention to threats of land eviction. Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025 The portraiture of a Black woman, along with the straw hat (an item synonymous with campesino iconography), brought together several concepts, and grew to become Catlett’s most renowned image in the eyes of many. Okla Jones, Essence, 23 Mar. 2025 The consequences were devastating for Andean campesinos of Indigenous descent, who had been a strong base of support for the new president. Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024 The only way to keep vallenato alive is for the campesino to not be displaced. Daniella Tello-Garzon, refinery29.com, 6 Aug. 2024 In the 1980s, campesinos began to grow the fruit too. Viridiana Hernández Fernández, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for campesino
Noun
  • Some white farmers have indeed been killed, often during brutal armed robberies, but those cases account for less than one per cent of the country’s annual murder rate.
    Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Many American farmers rely on fertilizer moving by barge up the Mississippi River ahead of the planting season, limiting their ability to defer purchases.
    Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Dressing gardens with compost helps improve soil structure and fertility, supports sustainable gardening practices, keeps ecosystems in balance and can reduce greenhouse gases, agriculturists tell us.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • Harvesting, usage, and benefits The type of rooibos predominantly cultivated by the tea industry is the Cederberg region’s Nortier (sometimes called Nortieria), named for the man credited with kick-starting the rooibos tea industry, South African agriculturalist Pieter le Fras Nortier.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Farmers currently may need the assistance of an agronomist to analyze the data and use it for future planting strategies.
    Tyler Jett, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • An agronomist develops crops that yield more food every harvest.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Farming is still integral to daily life, and the festival honors this tropical fruit and like longtime growers like Lady Di, who has been cultivating pineapples since 1974.
    Taryn White, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • And the farmer’s market is focused around Alabama growers and purveyors.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • The kid who grew up in Selma — in the heart of California’s Central Valley, where grapes, raisins and nuts are grown — Cox became the key cultivator of a new crop of Braves, many of whom would shape the Atlanta club for generations.
    Levi Weaver, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • This 3-piece stainless steel gardening tool set includes a trowel, cultivator, and weeder, all with handles boasting a pink floral pattern.
    Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • At the same time, planters might order perkenslaven to grow vegetables and other produce for their own households and businesses, rather than cultivate nutmeg as the VOC intended.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2026
  • Flowers that tumble gracefully over the sides can help to soften the edge of planters.
    Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 14 May 2026

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“Campesino.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campesino. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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