From French "paysannerie", meaning "place of the country dwellers".
The class consisting of peasants and serfs (country people, mostly farm workers) in an agricultural society, in which peasants are the most common type of people (can be anywhere from fifty to ninety-five percent of the people).
Peasants are usually poor and live in villages and work farmland which practically belongs to them but is owned by lords.
The class consisting of peasants and serfs (country people, mostly farm workers) in an agricultural society, in which peasants are the most common type of people (can be anywhere from fifty to ninety-five percent of the people).
Peasants are usually poor and live in villages and work farmland which practically belongs to them but is owned by lords.
Thanks to the incompetence of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, the peasantry were losing their land and suffered from inflated prices for bread.
The peasantry worked hard, but at least they knew their place and their allies. Appearances were minimal for farm workers, their operations were small scale; they had nothing to lose. The nobility had everything to lose.
The peasantry worked hard, but at least they knew their place and their allies. Appearances were minimal for farm workers, their operations were small scale; they had nothing to lose. The nobility had everything to lose.
by Lorelili December 14, 2010
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Peasants often attempt to acquire things like Louis Vuitton purses, lower end version BMW or Jaguar automobiles, large but poor quality solitaire diamonds for rings, new version cell phones, trendy sunglasses, and bottle service tables at nightclubs.
Such individuals typically lack the education or worldly exposure to realize that they actually look like low class impostors to anyone wealthy enough to comfortably afford such high end consumer items.
Peasants often attempt to acquire things like Louis Vuitton purses, lower end version BMW or Jaguar automobiles, large but poor quality solitaire diamonds for rings, new version cell phones, trendy sunglasses, and bottle service tables at nightclubs.
Such individuals typically lack the education or worldly exposure to realize that they actually look like low class impostors to anyone wealthy enough to comfortably afford such high end consumer items.
The women waiting in the free guest list line at the nightclub were clearly identifiable as peasants despite their Louis Vuitton purses and imitation Omega watches.
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by asphyxiated_angel August 6, 2010
Get the pegasaurus mug.To be upset or sad because of something someone said or did on IRC or another Internet medium. On IRC, this often includes demonstratively quitting or parting a channel after getting pwnd, or alternatively flaming the pwner in incoherent and laughable ways. Can be shortened to "perc."
<pansartax> hey check out this kool image i just made in photoshop
<vaskenalle> HAHAHAHAHA that's possibly the ugliest thing i have EVER seen
<kjempetorsk> lol lens flares? lolololol are you serious? HAHAHA
<pansartax> :(
*** pansartax has quit IRC (i h8z u)
<vaskenalle> heh. perc.
<vaskenalle> HAHAHAHAHA that's possibly the ugliest thing i have EVER seen
<kjempetorsk> lol lens flares? lolololol are you serious? HAHAHA
<pansartax> :(
*** pansartax has quit IRC (i h8z u)
<vaskenalle> heh. perc.
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Boy1.hey do you see her. ?
Boy 2. Yeah damn she hot
Boy 3.yeah let’s go up there so I can ask her out
Girl . Man I wish I was a persaus
Boy 2. Yeah damn she hot
Boy 3.yeah let’s go up there so I can ask her out
Girl . Man I wish I was a persaus
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