as in clowns
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
The forces of the lords put down the revolt by slaying somewhere between seventy thousand and a hundred thousand peasants.
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Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Perhaps 200,000 peasants supported a population of 3 million people in the Nile Valley in the 2nd millennium BCE.
—Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
That strongly suggests the peasants weren’t panicking, but rather using strategic misinformation to justify a coordinated seizure of property.
—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
In their narratives, the enemies of the peasants extended beyond locusts, fires, and snow.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 8 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Perhaps 200,000 peasants supported a population of 3 million people in the Nile Valley in the 2nd millennium BCE.
—Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
That strongly suggests the peasants weren’t panicking, but rather using strategic misinformation to justify a coordinated seizure of property.
—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
In their narratives, the enemies of the peasants extended beyond locusts, fires, and snow.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peasants
Noun
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For Jones, that means confronting her childhood fear of clowns.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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In an operating room, a mad doctor performs plastic surgery to turn new recruits into killer clowns.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Nepal The climbing capital of the world, Nepal has been luring mountaineers for decades, including up the busy South Col route to the summit of Mount Everest.—
Katie Lockhart,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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On Friday, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that weather had also prevented the recovery of Sinigaglia's body, but a group of mountaineers hoped to bring their countryman down the mountain with the help of a helicopter.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Peasants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peasants. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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