Peon

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  • noun. A person who does menial or repetitive tasks and has a low rank in an organization or society.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An unskilled laborer or farm worker of Latin America or the southwest United States.
  • noun. Such a worker bound in servitude to a landlord creditor.
  • noun. In India and other parts of South and Southeast Asia, a person of menial position, especially a messenger, servant, or foot soldier.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A day-laborer; specifically, in Spanish America, a species of serf, compelled to work for his creditor until his debts are paid.
  • noun. In India: A foot-soldier.
  • noun. A messenger; an attendant or orderly.
  • noun. A native constable or policeman.
  • noun. In chess, a piece representing a footman; a pawn.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See poon.
  • noun. A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. See 2d Pawn.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A lowly person, a peasant or serf, a labourer who is obliged to do menial work
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
  • Word Usage
    "In the USA peon is a demeaning term, but not in Mexico."
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    bekk  crofter  geisha  gringos  limbless  
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    pawn  poon