campesino

peasant

noun kahm-peh-SEE-noh Less Common

Origin: From campés (of the countryside), ultimately Latin campus (field)

Also means

farmer

Usage Note

Campesino refers to a rural laborer or smallholder farmer, carrying a social/class nuance absent from agricultor (agriculturalist) or granjero (farm owner). In Latin American political discourse the word is often used with dignity — la lucha campesina (the peasant struggle). The feminine is campesina; in Spain labrador or agricultor sound more neutral.

Examples

"El campesino cosechó el trigo con esfuerzo."

Natural Translation

The farmer harvested the wheat with effort.

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