Definition of peon Peon

/piˈʌn/ - [peeun] - pe•on

We found 8 definitions of peon from 5 different sources.

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What does peon mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun
peon - a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
  drudge, navvy, galley slave
  laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • peon (Noun)
    A lowly person, a peasant or serf, a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • peon (n.)
    See Poon.
  • peon (n.)
    A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger.
  • peon (n.)
    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.
  • peon (n.)
    See 2d Pawn.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • peon
    pē′on, n. a day-labourer, esp. in South America, one working off a debt by bondage: in India, a foot-soldier, a messenger, a native policeman.—ns. Pē′onage, Pē′onism, this kind of agricultural servitude. [Sp.,—Low L. pedo—L. pes, pedis, a foot.]

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  • peon, noun, singular of peons.

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peon in sign language
Sign language - letter P Sign language - letter P Sign language - letter E Sign language - letter E Sign language - letter O Sign language - letter O Sign language - letter N Sign language - letter N

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