All 12 Uses

peasant
in
Esperanza Rising
(Edited)

There are cattle grazing on the big ranches yet some peasants are forced to eat cats.
p. 12.4

peasants = people of low income, education, and social standing
Instead, Alfonso led them to a car with rows of wooden benches, like church pews facing each other, already crowded with peasants.
p. 66.5
Esperanza had never been so close to so many peasants before.
p. 66.9
And the peasants always kept their distance.
p. 67.1
The barefoot peasant girl ran over.
p. 69.2

peasant = person of low income, education, and social standing
They talked as the train traveled through small towns, where peasant children ran after the caboose, just for the sake of running.
p. 76.9

peasant = related to people of low income, education, and social standing
Do you think it is wise to tell a peasant our personal business?
p. 77.7

peasant = person of low income, education, and social standing
She whispered back, "It is all right, Esperanza, because now we are peasants, too."
p. 77.8 *

peasants = people of low income and low social standing
So you're a princess who's come to be a peasant?
p. 96.9

peasant = person of low income and low social standing
Then she remembered Mama's kindness to the peasant girl on the train — and her disappointment in Esperanza.
p. 111.8

peasant = person of low income, education, and social standing
You are still a peasant!
p. 224.8

peasant = people of low income and low social standing
I got angry and told him he was still a peasant and then he left.
p. 232.5

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)