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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 peasants
And all the while, there’s always another rousing patriotic song for the peasants to sing.
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Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
In those intervening 35 years, China had moved 800 million rural peasants — living in extreme poverty on US$2 a day — into city apartments and integrated them into the global economy.
—Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
But the Shah’s failure to provide support to the peasants led to their farms failing, and sent waves of impoverished migrants to Tehran and other Iranian cities—many of whom would later fuel the 1979 revolution.
—Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
In sixteenth-century Europe, just as Martin Luther’s ideas were shaking Catholic institutions, a far more radical movement for freedom rose up among peasants.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Sep. 2025
These were probably composed by Sebastian Lotzer, a townsman and furrier, on the basis of hundreds of complaints that different groups of peasants had been formulating for weeks beforehand.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
There was a huge wealth disparity, and peasants were suffering under the rule of the nobility.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2025
Kōnane was once a national pastime, played by peasants and rulers alike.
—Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
In those intervening 35 years, China had moved 800 million rural peasants — living in extreme poverty on US$2 a day — into city apartments and integrated them into the global economy.
—Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
But the Shah’s failure to provide support to the peasants led to their farms failing, and sent waves of impoverished migrants to Tehran and other Iranian cities—many of whom would later fuel the 1979 revolution.
—Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
In sixteenth-century Europe, just as Martin Luther’s ideas were shaking Catholic institutions, a far more radical movement for freedom rose up among peasants.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Sep. 2025
These were probably composed by Sebastian Lotzer, a townsman and furrier, on the basis of hundreds of complaints that different groups of peasants had been formulating for weeks beforehand.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
There was a huge wealth disparity, and peasants were suffering under the rule of the nobility.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2025
Kōnane was once a national pastime, played by peasants and rulers alike.
—Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peasants
Noun
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By the mid 19th century, clowns were more central to circus entertainment, and their acts more risqué.—
Time,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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The clowns come at you quickly at Fast Splash Car Wash in Detroit, Mich.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Victims are frequently ski mountaineers or freeriders.—
NPR,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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People who pursue the sublime in nature—mountaineers, scuba divers, and the like—are often on the hunt for it.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Peasants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peasants. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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