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Peon

Peon Meaning & Definition
Peon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Peon?

[n] a laborer who is obliged to do menial work

Synonyms | Synonyms for Peon: drudge | galley slave | navvy

Related Terms | Find terms related to Peon: apple-polisher | ass-licker | backscratcher | backslapper | bondmaid | bondman | bondslave | bondsman | bondswoman | bootlick | bootlicker | brownie | brown-nose | captive | chattel | chattel slave | churl | clawback | concubine | countryman | countrywoman | courtier | creature | cringer | debt slave | dependent | dray horse | drudge | dupe | fawner | fellah | feudatory | flatterer | flunky | follower | footlicker | galley slave | groveler | handshaker | hanger-on | helot | hind | homager | inferior | instrument | jackal | kowtower | lackey | led captain | lickspit | lickspittle | liege | liege man | liege subject | mealymouth | minion | muzhik | myrmidon | odalisque | peasant | provincial | puppet | retainer | serf | servant | slave | slavey | spaniel | stooge | subject | subordinate | suck | sycophant | theow | thrall | timeserver | toad | toady | toiler | tool | truckler | tufthunter | underling | understrapper | vassal | villein | workhorse | yeoman | yes-man

See Also | jack | laborer | labourer | manual laborer

Peon In Webster's Dictionary

\Pe"on\, n. See {Poon}.
\Pe"on\, n. [Sp. peon, or Pg. pe?o, one who travels on foot, a foot soldier, a pawn in chess. See {Pawn} in chess.] 1. A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger. [India] 2. A day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the Spanish American countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified servitude, to work out a debt. 3. (Chess) See 2d {Pawn}.

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