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 Poon \Poon\, n. [Canarese ponne.] A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for the masts and spars of vessels, as Calophyllum angustifolium, Calophyllum inophullum, and Sterculia f[oe]tida; -- called also peon. [1913 Webster]