See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; See also:

• LAT

Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country; cf. " See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan ")  , a countryman or rustic, either working for others, or, more specifically, owning or renting and working by his own labour a small See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot of ground . Though a word of not very strict application, it is now frequently used of the rural See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of such countries as See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, where the See also:

• LAND

land is chiefly held by small holders, " See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant proprietors." (See ALLOTMENTS and METAYAGE) .