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servant vs. farm worker Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:19 am  servant vs. farm worker
 

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

OR they don't have.

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servant vs. farm worker Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:02 am  servant vs. farm worker
 

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.
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servant vs. farm worker Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:03 am  servant vs. farm worker
 

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.

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servant vs. farm worker Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:17 am  servant vs. farm worker
 

I am so sorry!

I mean "peasant" and "farm worker".
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servant vs. farm worker Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:23 pm  servant vs. farm worker
 

floratang wrote:
I mean "peasant" and "farm worker".

Peasants are farm labourers living in a backward region and not necessarily working for others.
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servant vs. farm worker Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:36 pm  servant vs. farm worker
 

'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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servant vs. farm worker Wed Jan 31, 2007 0:39 am  servant vs. farm worker
 

Alan wrote:
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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Yes, it has the same sense in Russian Smile
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servant vs. farm worker Wed Jan 31, 2007 0:57 am  servant vs. farm worker
 

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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servant vs. farm worker Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:07 am  servant vs. farm worker
 

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