George Lucas

One of the amazing things about 'Seven Samurai' is that there are a lot of characters. And considering you have so many, and they all have shaved heads, and you've got good guys and bad guys and peasants, you get to understand a lot of them without too much being said.

American Director

Doris Lessing

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run everything. But we - we're just peasants. We don't understand what's going on, and we can't do anything.

English Writer

Young Thug

I don't ever want to be like a peasant. I want to always be all right. But motivation is fans - not your kids, your mum, none of that. All of that matters, but number one is your fans.

American Musician

Julie Andrews

I come from a long line of below-stairs maids and gardeners. Good ol' peasant stock. My mother and her sister made a quantum leap out of that life. Then I made another quantum leap.

English Actress

Alton Brown

You know most of the food that Americans hold so dear - things like hamburgers and hot dogs - were road food, but even before they were road food, they were peasant food.

American Entertainer

Jennifer Jason Leigh

I remember I once went to a nutritionist who said I come from good Russian-Jewish peasant stock, which means I can hold a potato in my body for a week, if need be.

American Actress

Matthew Tobin Anderson

We love fantasy novels in which the characters think that they're peasants but turn out to be princes and kings.

American Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

German Writer

Henry David Thoreau

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Give the peasants neither life nor death.

Japanese Leader

Used to illustrate a humble lifestyle or origin related to farming and the countryside.

Rural Context

Refers to someone with a small plot of land rather than vast agriculture operations.

Small-Scale Farming

In this context, it is not insulting and just describes a type of small farmer.

Not Pejorative

When used to describe someone's behavior or intellect, it can be derogatory.

Insulting Usage

Be mindful of the setting, as using 'peasant' colloquially can offend.

Colloquial Caution

Implies low social status or lack of refinement when used disparagingly.

Status Implications

Understanding the historical role of peasants helps comprehend old texts.

Historical Relevance

This use of the term aligns with historical periods, not present-day situations.

Not Modern

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 It's one of the most lethal things we've seen in circulation in the world in any recent centuries. And we've dealt with it by killing off lots and lots and lots of chickens, and unfortunately often not reimbursing the peasant farmers with the result that there's cover-up. It's also carried on migration patterns

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 Namely, we seem to be getting more humane. Centuries ago, our ancestors would burn cats alive as a form of popular entertainment. Knights waged constant war on each other by trying to kill as many of each other's peasants as possible. Governments executed people for frivolous reasons,

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 full of illiterate peasants to a modern, industrial superpower, with one of the world's best educated populations, unprecedented opportunities for women, and some of the most important scientific advancements of the century. Life may not have been luxurious,

History vs. Vladimir...

 these can often be understood the first time you hear them. And sometimes a new word isn't new at all. Obsolete words gain new life by adopting new meanings. Villain originally meant a peasant farmer, but in a twist of aristocratic snobbery

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 sullied by the Restless peasants what's surprising about sumo is the sheer size of the wrestlers a traditional diet that includes choco lava a stew made from fatty meats cabbage eggs and bean sprouts helps them bulk up entering the

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 sophisticated detailed crucifix from wood and upon seeing it his friend Donatello proclaimed I've put peasants and farmers on the cross until now he built watches and timing mechanisms but none of this would prevent him from

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 Yet, as the night wore on, and their strange guests took hearty gulps of wine, the clay vessel never ran dry. The couple, at first relieved, grew terrified. Their guests weren’t humble peasants traveling the countryside.

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 killing any suspected spies or dissenters. He also helped peasants build health clinics and schools, taught them to read, and even recited poetry to them. His harsh discipline was necessary against a much stronger enemy

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 and they were the only ones who paid taxes, not just to the king, but to the other Estates as well. In bad harvest years, taxation could leave peasants with almost nothing

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 The fur was it was almost like a year salary for a peasant boy. So it was very valuable.

Peasant

Rural Context

Small-Scale Farming

Not Pejorative

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