peasant

peasant
noun
1) [armer] Bauer, der; Landarbeiter, der

peasant farmer — Bauer, der

peasant woman — Bauersfrau, die

2) (coll. derog.) (stupid person) Bauer, der (ugs. abwertend); (lower-class person) Plebejer, der (abwertend)
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['peznt]
noun
(a person who lives and works on the land, especially in a poor, primitive or underdeveloped area: Many peasants died during the drought; (also adjective) a peasant farmer.) der Bauer; bäuerlich
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peas·ant
[ˈpezənt]
I. n
1. (small farmer) [Klein]bauer, -bäuerin m, f
2. (pej! fam) Bauer m pej
II. n modifier [klein]bäuerlich
\peasant clothing Bauerntracht f
\peasant food Hausmannskost f
\peasant revolt [or uprising] Bauernaufstand m
\peasant tradition bäuerliches Brauchtum
\peasant woman Bäuerin f
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['pezənt]
1. n (lit)
(armer) Bauer, (arme) Bäuerin; (pej inf) (= ignoramus) Banause m, Banausin f; (= lout) Bauer m; (= pleb) Prolet(in) m(f)
2. adj attr
bäuerlich

peasant boy/girl — Bauernjunge m/-mädchen nt

peasant farmer — (armer) Bauer

peasant labour — Landarbeiterschaft f, landwirtschaftliche Arbeitskräfte pl

peasant leader — Bauernführer(in) m(f)

peasant unrest — Bauernunruhen pl

peasant woman — (arme) Bäuerin

to be from peasant stock — von bäuerlicher Herkunft sein

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peasant [ˈpeznt]
A s
1. Kleinbauer m:
Peasants’ Revolt Bauernaufstand m (besonders der in England, 1381);
Peasants’ War Bauernkrieg m (in Deutschland 1524-25)
2. fig umg Bauer m
B adj kleinbäuerlich, Kleinbauern…
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noun
1) [armer] Bauer, der; Landarbeiter, der

peasant farmer — Bauer, der

peasant woman — Bauersfrau, die

2) (coll. derog.) (stupid person) Bauer, der (ugs. abwertend); (lower-class person) Plebejer, der (abwertend)
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adj.
bäuerlich adj. n.
Bauer -n,-s m.

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