paysan
Meaning
- a peasant
- someone who lives in the country; ruralite
- a country bumpkin
Concepts
peasant
farmer
countryman
yokel
rustic
agrarian
churl
rural
bucolic
provincial
Fannie Farmer
Fannie Merritt Farmer
Farmer
tiller
villain
plowman
rancher
carle
agronomist
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pay‧san
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɛ.i.zɑ̃/
Etymology
Inherited from Old French païsan. By surface analysis, pays + -an. Related to païen.
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