Translation
peasant, farmer, countryman
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Word origin
From pays ('region, country'), itself from Latin pagensis ('of the district'), from pagus ('country district'). English 'peasant' was borrowed from the Old French form.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- pagensis
- English cognates
- peasant, pagan
Grammar
Examples
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My grandfather was a farmer in the Massif Central.
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The farmers get up before the sun to see to the animals.
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In the Middle Ages, most peasants lived in poverty.
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He has good country common sense: he is not easily impressed.
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That old farmer knows every stone in his field.
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