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peon(dictionary)

peon (iou)



peon noun. . E17.

I.
In the Indian subcontinent and SE Asia: a person of low rank; spec. (a) a foot-soldier; (b) an orderly; (c) an office boy. E17.
II.
A Spanish-American day labourer or farmworker, esp. one in poor circumstances. Also (Hist.), a debtor held in servitude by a creditor, esp. in the southern US and Mexico. E19.
= BANDERILLERO. M20.
peonage,
peonism nouns (a) the state of being a peon; (b) the system of having or using peons: M19.