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单词 paysan
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Definition of paysan in English:

paysan

noun peɪˈzɒ̃peizɑ̃pāˈzän
  • A peasant or countryman, especially in France.

    (尤指法国的)农民;村夫

    only the most marginal of the paysan kept up practical plant and animal lore
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Most people find this gives the place a pretty charming air of dereliction, and it's a lot quieter, less shiny and less choked with paysans than cities on the Italian, or even the European mainland.
    • In recent years, the imitation of French culture has led people to refer to the ‘provinces’ and to their inhabitants as paysans - ‘peasants.’
    • In his autobiography, one small farmer from the first half of the twentieth century was happy to call himself a paysan but carefully termed his son, a farmer of the second half, a cultivateur.
    Synonyms
    bumpkin, country bumpkin, country cousin, rustic, countryman, countrywoman, country dweller, daughter of the soil, son of the soil, peasant, provincial, oaf, lout, boor, barbarian

Origin

French.

Definition of paysan in US English:

paysan

nounpāˈzän
  • A peasant or countryman, especially in France.

    (尤指法国的)农民;村夫

    only the most marginal of the paysan kept up practical plant and animal lore
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In his autobiography, one small farmer from the first half of the twentieth century was happy to call himself a paysan but carefully termed his son, a farmer of the second half, a cultivateur.
    • In recent years, the imitation of French culture has led people to refer to the ‘provinces’ and to their inhabitants as paysans - ‘peasants.’
    • Most people find this gives the place a pretty charming air of dereliction, and it's a lot quieter, less shiny and less choked with paysans than cities on the Italian, or even the European mainland.
    Synonyms
    bumpkin, country bumpkin, country cousin, rustic, countryman, countrywoman, country dweller, daughter of the soil, son of the soil, peasant, provincial, oaf, lout, boor, barbarian

Origin

French.

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