A peasant is a person or family that depends economically on farming of land. Peasants typically make up the majority of the agricultural labor force in a pre-industrial society.
The word peasant is sometimes used as an insult by those townsfolk who consider themselves superior.
... to ministering to the sufferers of Hansen's disease (leprosy) who lived on the island of Molokai, Hawaii.
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