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wieśniak — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hillbilly noun (often informal or disparaging) A person from a rural, hilly area, especially the southern United States, stereotyped as unsophisticated.
  • peasant noun Historically, a small farmer or agricultural laborer, especially one with a low social and economic status.
  • rube noun (informal, often derogatory) An unsophisticated or naive person, especially someone from the countryside.
  • villager noun Someone who lives in, or comes from, a village.

Senses

wieśniak is used for these senses in English:

  • country bumpkin (colloquial) An unsophisticated person from the rural area of a particular country.
  • hillbilly (often, _, pejorative) Someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication.
  • peasant (pejorative) An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.
  • rube (US, Canada, informal) A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
  • villager A person who lives in, or comes from, a village.

peasant — full definition

  1. noun Historically, a small farmer or agricultural laborer, especially one with a low social and economic status.
  2. noun Informal and often insulting: an unsophisticated or uncultured person.

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