Archaic or literary term for a peasant or farmer, not used in everyday modern Japanese. Modern equivalents include 農民 or 百姓.
In old texts, the word 田夫 sometimes refers to a peasant.
rustic; boor; hick
Compound of 田 (rice field) and 夫 (man, laborer). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is a literary term for a peasant.