PEON

drudge, peon, navvy, galley slave

(noun) a laborer who is obliged to do menial work

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

peon (plural peons)

A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.

(figurative) A person of low rank or importance.

(India, historical) A messenger, foot soldier, or native policeman.

Anagrams

• Nope, nope, open, peno-, pone

Source: Wiktionary

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Pe"on, n.

Definition: See Poon.

Pe"on, n. Etym: [Sp. peon, or Pg. pe, 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)

Definition: See 2d Pawn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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