Category:Peon

Pe"on, n.

Defn: see poon.

Peon Pe"on, n. Etym: [sp. peon, or pg. pe, 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]

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.

3. (chess)

Defn: see 2d pawn.