Usage Note
Paysan historically referred to rural farming people and can carry a slightly rustic or condescending connotation in modern usage depending on context. The feminine form is paysanne. The word also gives paysannerie (peasantry) and connects to pays (country, land), from which it derives.
Examples
"Le paysan travaille dans les champs."
Natural Translation
The farmer works in the fields.
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