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Peasant vs Hillbilly - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between peasant and hillbilly

is that peasant is 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 while hillbilly is someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication.

peasant

English

(wikipedia peasant)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • A country person.
  • An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.
  • (strategy games ) a worker unit

    • Synonyms

    * (lowly social class ) peon, serf * churl * (country person ) rustic, villager * (crude person ) boor

    Derived terms

    * peasantry

    Anagrams

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    hillbilly

    English

    Noun

    (hillbillies)
  • Someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication.
  • A white person from the rural southern part of the United States, especially the Southeastern states.

    • Synonyms

    * hick