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peasant
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Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool
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In his old age, he renounced his estate, his title and his copyrights, and made an attempt—a sincere attempt, though it was not successful—to escape from his privileged position and live the life of a peasant.†
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He was inclined at moments to revert to the attitudes of an aristocrat, in spite of his peasant's blouse, and he even had two children whom he had believed in and who ultimately turned against him—though, of course, in a less sensational manner than Regan and Goneril.†

Definitions:

(1) (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
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)