4 uses
(click/touch triangles for details)
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
- Now I see peasants in the field.Chapter 10 (59% in)
peasants = used historically or possibly in relation to a very poor country: people of low income, education, and social standing — especially those who raise crops or livestock
- A goy zugt a vertl meant "As the peasant says ..."Chapter 4 (12% in)
- At my request, the soldiers will pay special attention to the shul to make sure the peasants do not desecrate it.Chapter 9 (63% in)
- Rivka hissed Hannah quiet and ran a finger across her own throat, the same signal that the peasants had made in the fields when the cattle cars passed them by.Chapter 15 (45% in)
There are no more uses of "peasant" in The Devils Arithmetic.
Typical Usage
(best examples)