Both Uses of
peasant
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- We were peasants.†
Chpt 9peasants = 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
- For thousands of years, our people have been peasants working the land of others.†
Chpt 9 *
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