servant vs. farm worker

[Floratang]

What's the difference between "servant" and "farm worker"?

OR they don't have.

Thanks!

[Conchita]

A servant is a person who is paid to work in the house.

A farm worker or farmhand is a person who is paid to work on a farm.

[Alan]

Hi,

'Servant' is used to describe someone who serves another in a humble capacity. It is used today in expressions like: public servant, suggesting a civil servant who could be a prime minister or a post office clerk. A farm worker is just someone who works on a farm.

Alan
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[Floratang]

I am so sorry!

I mean "peasant" and "farm worker".

[Conchita]

[Alan]

'Peasant' is a word used more often in a historical context describing people living solely off the land. It is often used today as slang in a derogatory sense to describe someone who is ignorant and lacking in formal education.

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[Pamela]

[Tamara]

Pamela, yes. But note that in Russian there is also the word peasanka that has slightly different sense than крестьянка.

http://astcom.ru/slovar/show/10417/
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[Pamela]

Hi Tamara,
Right you are! I have never heard of 'peasanka' used in this sense. Thank you!