as in clown
a person of low social status
Those snobs treat anyone who lives on the "wrong" side of town like an insignificant peasant.
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Recent Examples of peasant
Though it had been authenticated by the museum before heading to auction, things changed when museum specialists were asked to verify a similar painting of a Nuenen peasant woman that had been submitted by a French owner in 2019.
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Miguel, a bodybuilder, plays a minotaur-like monster; Marcos, a peasant, provides his bulls for the shoot.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
In subsequent centuries, after the fall of the Kyiv state, Ukrainian peasants were enserfed by Poles and then by Russians.
—Timothy Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
Read More: What to Know About Bangladesh's Election Bangladesh’s rapid rise on the development ladder over the past four decades has obscured a sharp decline in living standards and conditions for the vast majority of citizens, especially workers and peasants.
—Tithi Bhattacharya / Made By History, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Miguel, a bodybuilder, plays a minotaur-like monster; Marcos, a peasant, provides his bulls for the shoot.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
In subsequent centuries, after the fall of the Kyiv state, Ukrainian peasants were enserfed by Poles and then by Russians.
—Timothy Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
Read More: What to Know About Bangladesh's Election Bangladesh’s rapid rise on the development ladder over the past four decades has obscured a sharp decline in living standards and conditions for the vast majority of citizens, especially workers and peasants.
—Tithi Bhattacharya / Made By History, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peasant
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It Chapter Two is down to clown, again — in a bloody, silly, overwrought sequel Moving down the tension scale to thrillers, Netflix is offloading a few particularly popular titles.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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An 8-year-old girl fought off a man wearing a clown mask who police in Colorado reported attacked and attempted to kidnap her during a break-in at her family's home last week.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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The gilets jaunes protests, a largely peri-urban phenomenon, inverted the roles played by Parisians and provincials in 1871.Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 30 Mar. 2021
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Until recently, attendees at such a talk would have seen themselves as mere provincials gathering to hear a report from the great halls of power in London and Washington.Jonathan Kay, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
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Not only does the peon and con man Tom end up refashioning himself as the rich and carefree Dickie, but Highsmith’s novel itself was a retelling of Henry James’s The Ambassadors.Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2024
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Not afraid but brave, not weak but empowered, not peons but partners.Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
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The Esprit's shape, arguably more avant-garde despite its age, consistently pegs the gawk meter.John Phillips, Car and Driver, 18 June 2020
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The badaud, by contrast, is always liable to form a group or crowd, either for a mass gawk or some communal response.Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022
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No stranger to risk calculus, the ski mountaineer knows her senate bid is a long shot.Anna Callaghan, Outside Online, 23 Oct. 2024
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Assuming the other end of the rope had been tied to Irvine, that discovery signified the two mountaineers might have slipped and fallen on the peak.Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
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The vibe: Elevated and modern with a touch of rustic.Laura Barrero, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
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The Swag, Waynesville, North Carolina The decor here is pitch-perfect rustic: cozy without being twee.Juliet Izon, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2024
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“Peasant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peasant. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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