þorpari

m. cotter, peasant, boor, churl (þorparar ok verkmenn).

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a, m. a cottier, peasant, boor, churl, clown, of the lower peasantry; búandkarl eða þ., Fms. ii. 48; þorparar ok verkmenn, opp. to ríkir búendr, Ó. H. 212; þorpari (opp. to hæverskr maðr), Sks. 276, 317; ‘colonus’ and ‘miles gregarius’ are rendered by þ., Róm. 132, 152; þorpara sonr, þorpara sveinn. a term of contempt, Fms. viii. 221, Fas. i. 150.

2. metaph. a villain, so in mod. usage.

COMPDS: þorparaligr, þorparaskapr.