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peon - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'peon' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Peon [ n.]
- See Poon.
- A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger.
- 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.
- See 2d Pawn.