Definitions for: Peon

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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: drudge, galley slave, navvy

See Also: jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer

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