All 3 Uses of
peasant
in
The Death of Ivan Ilych
- We shall all come to it some day," said Gerasim, displaying his teeth — the even white teeth of a healthy peasant — and, like a man in the thick of urgent work, he briskly opened the front door, called the coachman, helped Peter Ivanovich into the sledge, and sprang back to the porch as if in readiness for what he had to do next.†
Chpt 1
- Gerasim was a clean, fresh peasant lad, grown stout on town food and always cheerful and bright.†
Chpt 7 *
- At first the sight of him, in his clean Russian peasant costume, engaged on that disgusting task embarrassed Ivan Ilych.†
Chpt 7
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