All 3 Uses of
peasant
in
King Lear
- —A peasant stand up thus?†
Scene 3.7
- [Enter Gloster, and Edgar dressed like a peasant.†
Scene 4.6
- Wherefore, bold peasant, Dar'st thou support a publish'd traitor?†
Scene 4.6 *
Definition:
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