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1. (n.) peon
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer.
2. peon
(formerly, esp. in Mexico) a person held in servitude to work off debts or other obligations.
3. peon
any person of low social status, esp. one who does menial or unskilled work; drudge.
4. ((in S and SE Asia)) peon
an office assistant.
5. peon
(esp. under British rule) a messenger, attendant, or orderly.
Etymology: (1600–10; < Pg peão, F pion foot soldier, pedestrian, day laborer)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) drudge, peon, navvy, galley slave
a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) peon
see Poon
2. (noun) peon
a foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger
3. (noun) peon
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
4. (noun) peon
see 2d Pawn
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. peon
A person with no special (root or
wheel) privileges on a computer system. “I
can't create an account on foovax for you; I'm only a
peon there.”
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