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peon

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pe·on  (pn, pn)
n.
1.
a. An unskilled laborer or farm worker of Latin America or the southwest United States.
b. Such a worker bound in servitude to a landlord creditor.
2. A menial worker; a drudge.
3. also (pyn) In India and other parts of South and Southeast Asia, a person of menial position, especially a messenger, servant, or foot soldier.

[Spanish, day laborer, from Medieval Latin ped, pedn-, foot soldier; see pioneer. Sense 3, possibly from Portuguese peão, from Medieval Latin ped.]

peon
Noun
a Spanish-American farm labourer or unskilled worker [Spanish]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.peonpeon - a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor

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A peon was seen walk- ing that morning on the verandah with a letter in his hand.
Section gang laborers-fugitive peons from Mexico--were contributing half their scanty wages.
 
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