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PEON
drudge, peon, navvy, galley slave
(noun) a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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