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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French paysan (peasant) + suffix -ин (-in), denoting people or nationality.

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Noun edit

пейза́нин (pejzáninm anim (genitive пейза́нина, nominative plural пейза́не, genitive plural пейза́н, feminine пейза́нка)

  1. (dated) paysan

Usage notes edit

This ironic title was used inaccurately to depict Russian peasants with a saccharine overtone in works of art of the late 18th–early 19th centuries.

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