peasant farmer

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“We are not Chavistas, we are not communists, we are not extremists,” Castillo said in a speech last week, wearing his customary wide-brimmed straw hat, a reflection of his peasant farmer roots.

From Reuters • Jul. 28, 2021

Nicolas Ferrand, the proprietor of Domaine des Côtes Rousses, calls himself a paysan vigneron, a peasant farmer and winemaker.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2021

Magufuli was the son of a peasant farmer and went on to became Tanzania's president in 2015.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2021

“A Hidden Life” tells the story of Franz Jägerstätter, a peasant farmer from the Austrian village of St. Radegund who was imprisoned and executed in 1943 for refusing to fight for the Nazis.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2019

If you were a peasant farmer in Southern China, by contrast, you didn’t sleep through the winter.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell