fellah

noun

Definition of fellahnext
as in peasant

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  1. peasant
  2. peon
  3. commoner
  4. boor
Noun
  • Ten years later, Chloe Sevigny donned a choppy peroxide wig, a partial suit of armor and a white muslin peasant dress for her Joan of Arc Halloween costume.
    Tacita Quinn, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
  • While painting a Nuenen man, the forger missed a long vertical stick used by Brabant peasants to carry bundles of wood on their backs.
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of peasant
Noun
  • Not only does the peon and con man Tom end up refashioning himself as the rich and carefree Dickie, but Highsmith’s novel itself was a retelling of Henry James’s The Ambassadors.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Not afraid but brave, not weak but empowered, not peons but partners.
    Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
Definition of peon
Noun
  • Gang plays Cheon-young, a commoner who is enslaved but never relinquishes his dignity.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Nettles is a commoner who manages to tame a wild dragon, known as Sheepstealer.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2024
Definition of commoner
Noun
  • For their part, the Russians considered the Mizrahim—indeed, most Israelis—loud, uncultured boors.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Trucco brings a sleazy menace to Rufus, an arrogant boor who underestimates how far Madeline and Roderick will go to usurp him.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2023
Definition of boor
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