different between peasant vs ranchero

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English paissaunt, from Anglo-Norman paisant, from Middle French païsant (“païsant”), from Old French païsan (“countryman, peasant”), from païs (“country”), from Late Latin p?g?nsis (“inhabitant of a district”), from Latin p?gus (“district”) + Old French -enc (“member of”), from Frankish -inc, -ing "-ing". More at -ing. Doublet of paisano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?z?nt/
• Rhymes: -?z?nt

Noun

peasant (plural peasants)

1. 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.
2. A country person.
3. (derogatory) An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.
4. (strategy games) A worker unit.

Synonyms

• (lowly social class) peon, serf
• churl
• (country person) rustic, villager
• (crude person) boor

Derived terms

• peasantry

Translations

Further reading

• "peasant" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 231.

Anagrams

• Patanes, Pestana, Tapanes, anapest, patenas

English

Etymology

From Spanish.

Noun

ranchero (plural rancheros or rancheroes)

1. (US, of Mexico) A rancher or herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.
2. (US, of Mexico) The owner and occupant of a ranch or rancho.

Spanish

Etymology

rancho +? -ero

Noun

ranchero m (plural rancheros, feminine ranchera, feminine plural rancheras)

1. rancher

Adjective

ranchero (feminine ranchera, masculine plural rancheros, feminine plural rancheras)

1. relating to or associated with a rancher or ranchers