Peasant
A peasant is a member of the agricultural lower class, typically working the land as a farmer or laborer in a feudal or pre-industrial society, often bound by obligations to landowners. In modern usage, it can describe someone with a simple, rural lifestyle or be used informally to mock perceived crudeness or lack of sophistication, highlighting social divides in everyday language.
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In medieval England, peasants comprised about 90% of the population and were subject to the 'three-field system' of farming, which rotated crops to maintain soil fertility and sustained communities for centuries—yet this system was so efficient that it helped support the entire feudal economy without modern machinery.
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