Found 2 items, similar to Peon.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: peon peon n : a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: drudge, navvy, galley slave]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Peon Peon \Pe"on\, n. See Poon. [1913 Webster] Peon \Pe"on\, n. [Sp. peon, or Pg. pe?o, 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] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Chess) See 2d Pawn. [1913 Webster]