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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic крьстьꙗнинъ (krĭstĭjaninŭ, “Christian; human, person; tax-paying villager”), крьстьꙗнъ (krĭstĭjanŭ, “Christian; peasant, tiller; tax-paying villager”), from Latin christiānus (“Christian”). For semantic shift to "peasant", compare English cretin, also from Latin christiānus, through French.
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Noun
крестья́нин • (krestʹjánin) m anim (genitive крестья́нина, nominative plural крестья́не, genitive plural крестья́н, feminine крестья́нка, relational adjective крестья́нский)
- farmer
- (historical) peasant
1790, Александр Радищев, “Любани”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:— Страшись, помещик жестокосердый, на челе каждого из твоих крестьян вижу твоё осуждение.- — Strašisʹ, pomeščik žestokoserdyj, na čele každovo iz tvoix krestʹjan vižu tvojó osuždenije.
- Tremble, cruelhearted landlord! on the brow of each of your peasants I see your condemnation written.
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “крестьянин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress