Meaning of peasant in English

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« What motivated me? My mother. My mother was an immigrant woman, a peasant woman, struggled all her life, worked in the garment center. »
Al Lewis
« I cook a little bit. I make a Hungarian dish called chicken paprikash that's out of this world. I'll give a heads-up to all of your readers that it doesn't have to be between Thai and Mexican every night. Toss some Hungarian in every once in a while. You will not be sorry. Good, solid peasant food. »
Adam Carolla
« He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. »
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
« They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach. »
Luigi Barzini
« All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince. »
Plato