a country person
"The old farmer treated every passing peasant like a neighbor, offering them fresh bread from his oven."
one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
"During the harvest season, the local lord relied heavily on his peasant workforce to gather the crops before the rain arrived."
A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.
"During the harvest festival, the local lord invited every peasant from the surrounding villages to bring their finest produce for a communal feast."