as in clown
a person of low social status
Those snobs treat anyone who lives on the "wrong" side of town like an insignificant peasant.
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Recent Examples of peasant
The musical genre, originating from the Andean region of Colombia, specifically from the departments of Santander and Boyacá, is, in essence, Colombian peasant music.
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Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2025
He was born in 1915 into a poor but educated peasant family in Hunan Province.
—Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2025
Lucio has dedicated his life to re-invigorating ancestral culture and helping peasants overcome such modern challenges as industrial agriculture, pollution, and urban growth encroaching on their land.
—Jeanne Malle, airmail.news, 24 Aug. 2024
The movie depicts the life of Lombardy peasant families working on farms for the same landlord during the late 19th century, casting actual farmers and locals instead of professional actors.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for peasant 
Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2025
He was born in 1915 into a poor but educated peasant family in Hunan Province.
—Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2025
Lucio has dedicated his life to re-invigorating ancestral culture and helping peasants overcome such modern challenges as industrial agriculture, pollution, and urban growth encroaching on their land.
—Jeanne Malle, airmail.news, 24 Aug. 2024
The movie depicts the life of Lombardy peasant families working on farms for the same landlord during the late 19th century, casting actual farmers and locals instead of professional actors.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for peasant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peasant
Noun
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The singer had a slew of background dancers with clown makeup and country outfits.—
Nicole Fell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
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The rising pop star danced amid a bevy of rodeo clowns clad in denim, and sang atop a giant pink pony.—
Eric Torres,
Pitchfork,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This removed one of the last obstacles preventing poor provincials from governing the empire.—
Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
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While early imperial aristocrats saw provincials as subject nations with their own cultures, their working-class replacements considered Romans a single people and expected all to share the same values.—
Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Not only does the peon and con man Tom end up refashioning himself as the rich and carefree Dickie, but Highsmith’s novel itself was a retelling of Henry James’s The Ambassadors.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
19 Apr. 2024
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Not afraid but brave, not weak but empowered, not peons but partners.—
Ashley Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2024
Noun
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Here, the blurring is visual: Sometimes Leonard floats into the past looking like Gere, who wears the character without a shred of self-protection as the lens gawks at his raw skin.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Dec. 2024
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The Esprit's shape, arguably more avant-garde despite its age, consistently pegs the gawk meter.—
John Phillips,
Car and Driver,
18 June 2020
Noun
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Why Alaskans Prefer the Name Denali The guides and mountaineers who spoke to Outside for this story expressed dismay at the name change.—
Jayme Moye,
Outside Online,
24 Jan. 2025
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Our last day inland consisted of a hike led by mountaineer and photographer Christophe Melchers, who guided us into the Alta Rocca mountain range in southern Corsica.—
Sara Lieberman,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Jan. 2025
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Off-mountain: Skiers who prefer to stay overnight in nearby Driggs, Idaho (a 20-minute drive from Grand Targhee) have a few rustic, albeit comfortable, possibilities.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Dec. 2024
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Venues tend to lean rustic in much of Hillsborough County.—
Yacob Reyes,
Axios,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Peasant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peasant. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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