campesino
noun
cam·pe·si·no
ˌkam-pə-ˈsē-(ˌ)nō 
plural campesinos
: a native of a Latin American rural area
especially
: a Latin American Indian farmer or farm laborer
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The consequences were devastating for Andean campesinos of Indigenous descent, who had been a strong base of support for the new president.
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Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
The only way to keep vallenato alive is for the campesino to not be displaced.
—Daniella Tello-Garzon, refinery29.com, 6 Aug. 2024
In the 1980s, campesinos began to grow the fruit too.
—Viridiana Hernández Fernández, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2024
The workforce is graying; nearly three-quarters of Mexican campesinos are over 45.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
This was particularly true at Ayotzinapa, thanks to a long guerrilla tradition: multiple campesino movements had flourished in Guerrero in the sixties and seventies, and two of their leaders, Lucio Cabañas and Genaro Vázquez Rojas, had close ties to the school.
—Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
Most had kept a long silence about their indigenous heritage for fear of being ridiculed: Indigenous people were country people—uneducated campesinos stereotyped as gullible or backward.
—Robert M. Poole, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2011
My joy for contemplative platicas on porches comes from this southern campesino practice of pause.
—Nic Rodríguez Villafañe, refinery29.com, 13 July 2023
Flamin’ Hot also sends the message that no waiter, janitor, housekeeper, campesino, or other blue-collar worker is unworthy of respect.
—Sylvio Martins, Bon Appétit, 12 June 2023
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Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
The only way to keep vallenato alive is for the campesino to not be displaced.
—Daniella Tello-Garzon, refinery29.com, 6 Aug. 2024
In the 1980s, campesinos began to grow the fruit too.
—Viridiana Hernández Fernández, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2024
The workforce is graying; nearly three-quarters of Mexican campesinos are over 45.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
This was particularly true at Ayotzinapa, thanks to a long guerrilla tradition: multiple campesino movements had flourished in Guerrero in the sixties and seventies, and two of their leaders, Lucio Cabañas and Genaro Vázquez Rojas, had close ties to the school.
—Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
Most had kept a long silence about their indigenous heritage for fear of being ridiculed: Indigenous people were country people—uneducated campesinos stereotyped as gullible or backward.
—Robert M. Poole, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2011
My joy for contemplative platicas on porches comes from this southern campesino practice of pause.
—Nic Rodríguez Villafañe, refinery29.com, 13 July 2023
Flamin’ Hot also sends the message that no waiter, janitor, housekeeper, campesino, or other blue-collar worker is unworthy of respect.
—Sylvio Martins, Bon Appétit, 12 June 2023
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“Campesino.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campesino. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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