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peasantess

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A female peasant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From peasant + -ess.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: katundare — a female peasant
  • Albanian: fshatare — a female peasant
  • Arabic: فَلَّاحَة (fallāḥa) — a female peasant
  • Belarusian: селя́нка (sjeljánka) — a female peasant
  • Bulgarian: се́лянка (séljanka) — a female peasant
  • Cornish: gwerinores — a female peasant
  • Czech: rolnice — a female peasant
  • Czech: selka — a female peasant
  • Czech: sedlačka — a female peasant
  • Finnish: talonpoikaisnainen — a female peasant
  • French: paysanne — a female peasant
  • German: Bäuerin — a female peasant
  • Greek: χωρική (chorikí) — a female peasant
  • Greek: χωριάτα (choriáta) — a female peasant
  • Italian: contadina — a female peasant
  • Italian: cafona — a female peasant
  • Latvian: zemniece — a female peasant
  • Lithuanian: valstietė — a female peasant
  • Macedonian: селанка (selanka) — a female peasant
  • Polish: chłopka — a female peasant
  • Polish: włościanka — a female peasant
  • Polish: rolniczka — a female peasant
  • Polish: kmiotka — a female peasant
  • Polish: kmiecianka — a female peasant
  • Portuguese: camponesa — a female peasant
  • Romanian: țărancă — a female peasant
  • Russian: крестья́нка (krestʹjánka) — a female peasant
  • Russian: селя́нка (seljánka) — a female peasant
  • Serbo-Croatian: сѐља̄нка — a female peasant
  • Serbo-Croatian: кмѐтица — a female peasant
  • Serbo-Croatian: sèljānka — a female peasant
  • Serbo-Croatian: kmètica — a female peasant
  • Slovak: roľníca — a female peasant
  • Slovak: sedliačka — a female peasant
  • Slovene: kmetica — a female peasant
  • Spanish: campesina — a female peasant
  • Ukrainian: селя́нка (seljánka) — a female peasant