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Peon
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Peon
see synonyms of peonnoun
1.
a Spanish-American farm labourer or unskilled worker
2.
(formerly in Spanish America) a debtor compelled to work off his debts
3.
any very poor person
noun (in India, Sri Lanka, etc, esp formerly)
1.
a messenger or attendant, esp in an office
2.
a native policeman
3.
a foot soldier
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Peon
see synonyms of peon noun
1.
in Spanish America,
a.
a person of the landless laboring class
b. Obsolete
a person forced to work off a debt or to perform penal servitude
2. US, Obsolete
in the SW U.S., a person forced into servitude to work off a debt
3.
in India,
a.
a foot soldier
b.
a native policeman
c.
an attendant or messenger
4.
an unskilled or exploited laborer
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Peon
see synonyms of peonn.
1. A person who does menial or repetitive tasks and has a low rank in an organization or society.
2.
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.
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.
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