Peasants
Farmers
noun, の adjective
The peoples who work in the farm are the farmers... the peasants.
のうみん
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.
え戸時代の農民でも、全てがまずしかったわけではないはずだ。
That doesn't mean all peasants in the Edo period were poor.
この村の農民たちは、クロールの泳ぎ方を知りたがっている。
Farmers in this village want to know how to swim the forward crawl.
おぉ！あの農民の腹筋すげぇな。
Wow! That farmer has some amazing abs.