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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1494, 1570
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(Paisant,) Pays-, Pesant, n. [e.m.E. paissaunte (1475), peysant, peasant, etc., AF. paisant, OF. païsent, païsant, paysant.] A country-dweller, rustic. — 1494 Loutfut MS. 23 a.
Bot a paysant that vthir tymis had sene hir wesche hir [etc.] 1570 Satirical Poems xxii. 10.
To heis on hicht pure pesantis … From base estait to throne imperiall
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