(especially in the past, or in poorer countries) a farmer who owns or rents a small piece of land （尤指旧时或贫穷国家的）农民，小农，佃农 peasant farmers 自耕农 a peasant family 一个农民家庭 peasant revolts 农民起义
- (informal, disapproving)
a person who is rude, behaves badly or has little education 老粗；土包子；没教养的人
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French paisent ‘country dweller’, from pais ‘country’, based on Latin pagus ‘country district’.