peasant

paysan

Personne pauvre qui travaille la terre, généralement sur une petite parcelle ou pour d’autres personnes.

En anglais simple : A poor person who works on the land, usually farming a small area or working for others.

• The peasant grew wheat and beans.
• Many peasants worked on the landlord’s fields.
• A peasant family lived beside the old mill.

Synonymes : small farmer, farm worker

Expressions courantes : poor peasant, peasant farmer, peasant family, peasant class

campagnard, paysan

Personne qui vit à la campagne.

En anglais simple : Someone who lives in the countryside.

• A peasant showed them the village road.
• The visitors spoke with peasants from nearby villages.
• He described himself as a simple peasant from the hills.

Synonymes : country dweller, villager

Expressions courantes : local peasant, village peasant

paysan, rustique

Lié aux paysans pauvres, à leur mode de vie ou à leur style simple.

En anglais simple : Connected with poor farming people, their way of life, or their simple style.

• They wore traditional peasant clothes.
• The museum displays peasant tools and furniture.
• She studies peasant life in the nineteenth century.

Synonymes : rustic, rural

Expressions courantes : peasant class, peasant dress, peasant culture, peasant food