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Definition of Paisans
1. paisan [n] - See also: paisan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paisans
Literary usage of Paisans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spottiswoode Miscellany: A Collection of Original Papers and Tracts by James Maidment (1844)
"This morning the paisans did not appear in great bodies, but in skulking parties
of five or ten together, though the country seemed well inhabited. ..."
2. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1905)
"... des paisans veritables, ... ornes de rubans et de points, et on les taille
seulement en habits de paisans. ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"A rural dance of paisans. [Exeunt dancing. MUM. Preposterous nuptials ! that fill
every breast With joy, but only tier's who shou'd be blest. ..."
4. The Discoveries of America to the Year 1525 by Arthur James Weise (1884)
"The French, as late as the year 1677, called the old Indians, or rather the
descendants of the Senecas, paisans, peasants.* The Italians also called the ..."
5. Bulletin de la Société Académique de Laon by Société académique de Laon (1867)
"... n'estoit qu'un hameau rempli de pauvres » paisans. ... la première chose qui »
se faisoit, estoit que les paisans dont on estoit content de » se servir, ..."
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