English-French translations for peasant

paysan
On a vu les paysans se réunir par milliers à Clermont-Ferrand... We have seen peasants gathering in their thousands at Clermont-Ferrand.... Peu avant Yolanda, les paramilitaires ont exécuté publiquement treize paysans à Teima. Just before killing Yolanda, the paramilitaries publicly executed thirteen peasants in Teima. De nouveaux groupes paramilitaires se sont formés: 150 000 paysans-soldats sous le contrôle direct de l’armée ou de la police. New paramilitary groups have been formed: 150 000 peasant soldiers under direct army and police control.
paysanne

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
An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person

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