Historians can not know the answer to this question since there is no primary documents written by peasants. Peasants couldn't read or write and paper/ink was expensive, so nothing has been left for us to read their thoughts.
In most cases a peasant became a peasant by default. If the parents where peasants the child was also a peasant.
A peasant
The plural of peasant is peasants.
By birth or by marriage.
To get the bow in Peasant Quest you have to complete the "Stink Like A Peasant" quest.
a peasant grew crops and gave it to their lord
"They have the hard hands of a peasant"
Peasant in Spanish is: campesino.
Slovenian peasant revolt of 1515 and Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt of 1573
Kleinbäuerin, in German. Peasant, in English.
The Cunning Peasant was created in 1877.
A Peasant on a Bicycle was created in 1974.