Both Uses of
peasant
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!†
Scene 2.2 *
- By the Lord, Horatio, these three years I have taken note of it, the age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier he galls his kibe.†
Scene 5.1
Definition:
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(peasant) used historically or possibly in relation to a very poor country: a person of low income, education, and social standing -- especially one who raises crops or livestock