a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries)
(尤指贫困国家或旧时的)农民,小农,雇农。
〈非正式〉 无教养的人,粗野的人;地位低的人。
"late Middle English: from Old French