fellah

noun

Definition of fellahnext
as in peasant

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  1. peasant
  2. peon
  3. commoner
  4. boor
Noun
  • Mansour persevered, turning out bright canvases of olive groves and peasants that brought to mind his former home and were well received.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Andrew Garfield is not just a rebellious peasant in his upcoming action period drama.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of peasant
Noun
  • Soon there was an altercation at the front desk, when a Haitian upbraided the American peons about not getting her free stuff fast enough.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 8 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Definition of peon
Noun
  • Born in 1937, his life was marked by war, exile, his love for the commoner Sonja, his long apprenticeship as crown prince, and, finally, more than three decades on the throne.
    — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In the fairytale, the princess flees to another kingdom for a while to get away from the misery brought on by her father, finding work as a commoner to conceal her identity.
    — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of commoner
Noun
  • We’d be laughed at and called ignorant boors!
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Now, if the board is made up of more boors than just the one, this may not be a workable solution.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
Definition of boor
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