peasanty.html - n.
1 esp. colloq. a countryman or countrywoman; a rustic.
2 a a worker on the land, esp. a labourer or smallholder. b hist. a member of an agricultural class dependent on subsistence farming.
3 derog. a lout; a boorish person.

peasantry n. (pl. -ies). peasanty adj. [ME f. AF paisant, OF paìsent, earlier paìsence f. paìs country ult. f. L pagus canton]

peasanty.html - n.
1 esp. colloq. a countryman or countrywoman; a rustic.
2 a a worker on the land, esp. a labourer or smallholder. b hist. a member of an agricultural class dependent on subsistence farming.
3 derog. a lout; a boorish person.

peasantry n. (pl. -ies). peasanty adj. [ME f. AF paisant, OF paìsent, earlier paìsence f. paìs country ult. f. L pagus canton]

peasanty.html - n.
1 esp. colloq. a countryman or countrywoman; a rustic.
2 a a worker on the land, esp. a labourer or smallholder. b hist. a member of an agricultural class dependent on subsistence farming.
3 derog. a lout; a boorish person.

peasantry n. (pl. -ies). peasanty adj. [ME f. AF paisant, OF paìsent, earlier paìsence f. paìs country ult. f. L pagus canton]

peasanty.html - n.pl. archaic peas.

pease-pudding boiled split peas (served esp. with boiled ham). [OE pise pea, pl. pisan, f. LL pisa f. L pisum f. Gk pison: cf. PEA]

peasanty.html - n.
a small tube for blowing dried peas through as a toy.

peasanty.html - See: HOLD ONE'S PEACE.