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  • 31Peasant Student Workers Movement — The Peasant Student Workers Movement (in Spanish: Movimiento Obrero Estudiantil Campesino ) was a leftist group in Colombia. MOEC was led by Fabio Vásquez Castano. MOEC took part in the formation of the ELN. Its power faded after its leader,… …

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  • 32Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá — Autodefensas Campesinas de Córdoba y Urabá (ACCU), Spanish for Peasant Self Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá, was a paramilitary group formed in northwestern Colombia, operating mainly in the Antioquia Department and Córdoba… …

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  • 33peasant shirt — noun A peasant blouse …

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  • 34Peasant dress —    This dress style is characterized by its use of eighteenth century peasant styling, popularized by Yves Saint Laurent in Paris in 1972 …

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  • 35peasant — noun Etymology: Middle English paissaunt, from Anglo French paisant, pesaunt, from pais, paiis country, from Late Latin pagensis inhabitant of a district, from Latin pagus district; akin to Latin pangere to fix more at pact Date: 15th century 1.… …

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  • 36peasant — noun /ˈpɛzənt/ a) A member of the lowly social class which 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.… …

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  • 37peasant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. countryman; peon, paisano, paisana, coolie, boor, muzhik, fellah; farmer, laborer, worker; rustic. See populace, agriculture. Ant., noble, aristocrat. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. small farmer, rustic,… …

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  • 38peasant — peasants …

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  • 39peasant — peas·ant || peznt n. farmer, agriculturalist; rustic, person who lives in a rural area; hillbilly, ignorant person …

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  • 40peasant — noun 1》 a poor smallholder or agricultural labourer of low social status. 2》 informal an ignorant, rude, or unsophisticated person. Derivatives peasantry noun peasanty adjective Origin ME: from OFr. paisent country dweller , from pais country ,… …

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