A peasant or rural farm worker, especially in Spanish-speaking countries; a person who works the land in agriculture.
From Spanish 'campesino', derived from 'campo' (field, from Latin 'campus'), originally meaning someone who works in the fields or countryside.
Campesinos became politically iconic in 20th-century Latin America—from Zapata's revolutionary armies to modern land-rights movements, the word carries weight beyond just 'farmer.'
Spanish 'campesino' (peasant farmer) carries masculine form by default; 'campesina' is the explicitly female form. Language reflects historical erasure of women's agricultural labor.
Use 'campesino/a' to include both genders, or use plural 'campesinos/as' when gender is mixed or unknown. In English context, 'peasant farmer' or 'agricultural worker' may be clearer.
["peasant farmer","agricultural worker","rural laborer"]
Women have always been core to subsistence farming; the term's masculine default historically obscured their economic and food-production contributions.
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