FELLAH Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

fellah

noun

Definition of fellah

as in peasant

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Sinclair confessed that his only direct experience with the motion picture business was as the financial backer of Sergei Eisenstein’s Thunder Over Mexico (1933), a documentary ethnography of Mexican peasant life.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
The video sweeps around a reveling fiefdom, showing everyone from peasants to dukes partying and getting it on.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Sep. 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

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The former couple had broken up in 1955, as Margaret weighed losing her royal income and claim to the throne against marrying Townsend (a commoner and divorcé).

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 1 Sep. 2026
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

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