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The dictionary has it as a noun and define it as a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries).
synonyms: agricultural worker, small farmer, rustic, villein, serf, campesino; More
informal
an ignorant, rude, or unsophisticated person; a person of low social status.
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Are the serfs villeins and peasants the same class in the feudelism class structure?
No, serfs, villeins, and peasants were not the same class in the feudal class structure. Serfs were laborers tied to the land, villeins were a type of unfree peasant with certain obligations to the lord, and peasants were more of a broad category of rural laborers that included both serfs and freemen.
What does settle mean?
The word settle has more than one meaning depending on the context. It can mean "to come to an agreement," or it can mean "to gain a steadier position in one's life," such as buying a home. It is used as a verb.
What is the Most babies born?
The highest officially recorded number of babies born to one mother is 69. This was achieved by the wife of Feodor Vassilyev (b. 1707–c.1782), a peasant from Shuya, Russia. She gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets between 1725 and 1765.
What does kind and polite mean in one word?
Considerate.
What does Rance mean?
"Rance" is not a common English word and does not have a specific meaning. It could be a name or a term with specialized usage in a particular context.
What does pesent mean?
If you mean "peasant" it means a person of lower rank.
What does lady mean in the middle ages mean?
The wife of a Lord. If you were a peasant you were a woman.
What does mitigation of peasant unrest mean?
pesant unrest meaning
What does piasano mean in English?
a peasant of Spanish or Italian ethnic origin
What does Quashie mean?
It is a Caribbean word meaning an unsophisticated male black peasant
What does Bauer mean?
Bauer means peasant or (small scale) farmer in German.
What does A goy zugt a vertl mean?
It is a Yiddish saying that means, "as the peasant says."
How did a peasant become a peasant in the middle ages?
In most cases a peasant became a peasant by default. If the parents where peasants the child was also a peasant.
What was a peasant's home?
A peasant
What does the soviet flag mean during the cold war?
The red was for the Bolsheviks. Their motto was Workers and Peasants, Unite! (A peasant is a farm worker.) The hammer is a tool of the worker and the sickle a tool of the peasant.
What does the name carl mean?
little champion
How did a peasant become a peasant?
By birth or by marriage.
