— peasantlike , adj.
/pez"euhnt/ , n.
1. a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
2. a coarse, unsophisticated, boorish, uneducated person of little financial means.
adj.
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of peasants or their traditions, way of life, crafts, etc.
4. of or designating a style of clothing modeled on the folk costumes of Western cultures, esp. women's full-sleeved, round-necked blouses and long, full skirts.
[ 1375-1425; late ME paissaunt paisant, OF païsant, earlier païsenc, equiv. to païs country ( pagensis, equiv. to L pag ( us ) country district + -ensis -ENSIS) + - enc 3 ) ]