Peasant
They are typically known as peasants or rural laborers. These individuals often rely on cottage industries or agricultural labor for their livelihood and are usually part of the lower social strata in traditional societies.
We can't subsist on hope alone.
The noun forms of the verb to subsist are subsistence and the gerund, subsisting.
to be able to survive or stay alive
It means to consume, or to exist, to get by on. (e.g. I subsist on corn flakes.)Note : "to be formed of" is consists (e.g. The Earth's core consists of two parts.)
exist, be, dwell, subsist, endure.
Exist, reside, subsist, abide, dwell...
In the Mexican prison, he was given just enough food to subsist. Animals in Africa are forced to subsist on dwindling sources of food and water.
Bison and buffalo subsist chiefly on prairie grass and sedges.
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Synonyms include subsist, persevere, endure and outlast.
endure, prevail, live, occur, continue,last, exist, am, abide.