1 (especially in the past, or in poorer countries) a farmer who owns or rents a small piece of land:
peasant farmers / communities / agriculture * a peasant family / woman * peasant unrest / revolts
2 (informal, disapproving) a person who is rude, behaves badly, or has little education
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