Australian English Meaning of peon

pawn

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Definitions and Meaning of peon in English

Wordnet

peon (n)

a laborer who is obliged to do menial work

Webster

peon (n.)

See Poon.

A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger.

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.

See 2d Pawn.

FAQs About the word peon

pawn

a laborer who is obliged to do menial workSee Poon., A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger., A day laborer; a servant; especially,

labourer,worker,dogsbody ,grunt,worker,drone,drudge,Infantryman,grub,grubber

layabout,bludger,shirker,slug,Bludger,slouch,layabout,lazybones

penwomen => penwomen, penwoman => Penwoman, penwiper => wiper, penutian => Penutian, penury => penury,