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peon    音标拼音: [p'iən]
n. 日工,雇农,听差

日工,雇农,听差

peon
n 1: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [synonym: {drudge},
{peon}, {navvy}, {galley slave}]

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]
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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.
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3. (Chess) See 2d {Pawn}.
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Peon \Pe"on\, n.
See {Poon}.
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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}.
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89 Moby Thesaurus words for "peon":
apple-polisher, ass-licker, backscratcher, backslapper, bondmaid,
bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, bootlick, bootlicker,
brown-nose, brownie, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl,
clawback, concubine, countryman, countrywoman, courtier, creature,
cringer, debt slave, dependent, dray horse, drudge, dupe, fawner,
fellah, feudatory, flatterer, flunky, follower, footlicker,
galley slave, groveler, handshaker, hanger-on, helot, hind,
homager, inferior, instrument, jackal, kowtower, lackey,
led captain, lickspit, lickspittle, liege, liege man,
liege subject, mealymouth, minion, muzhik, myrmidon, odalisque,
peasant, provincial, puppet, retainer, serf, servant, slave,
slavey, spaniel, stooge, subject, subordinate, suck, sycophant,
theow, thrall, timeserver, toad, toady, toiler, tool, truckler,
tufthunter, underling, understrapper, vassal, villein, workhorse,
yeoman, yes-man

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  • PEON Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of PEON is any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia How to use peon in a sentence
  • Peon - Wikipedia
    Peon (English ˈpiːɒn , from the Spanish peón Spanish pronunciation: [peˈon]) usually refers to a person subject to peonage: any form of wage labor, financial exploitation, coercive economic practice, or policy in which the victim or a laborer (peon) has little control over employment or economic conditions
  • Peon Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
    PEON meaning: 1 : a person who does hard or boring work for very little money a person who is not very important in a society or organization; 2 : a poor farm worker especially in Latin America
  • PEON | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    PEON definition: 1 a farm worker in South America who does jobs that do not need any particular skill 2 a person… Learn more
  • What Does Peon Mean in Slang? - SlangSphere. com
    In the slang sense, ‘peon’ often describes someone in a subordinate position, typically within a hierarchical structure such as a workplace, social group, or even during interactions in digital spaces like online gaming or forums
  • Peon - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
    Peon was a Mexican word originally, meaning an agricultural worker in servitude to his landlord Today, peon has a more comic ring to it and is usually used in fun — though if you are a personal assistant to a tyrannical Hollywood star, for example, it's probably no laughing matter
  • What does peon mean? - Definitions. net
    A peon is generally referred to as a laborer with little control over their work conditions, often subject to abuse and low wages The term is often used to describe people who do unskilled work, particularly in contexts where their rights are not fully recognized
  • peon - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    peon (plural peons or peones) A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work (figurative) A person of low rank or importance He is well dressed in cheap clothing Like an office peon whose wife works in a laundry (India, historical) A messenger, foot soldier, or native policeman
  • Peon - definition of peon by The Free Dictionary
    Define peon peon synonyms, peon pronunciation, peon translation, English dictionary definition of peon n 1 A person who does menial or repetitive tasks and has a low rank in an organization or society 2 a An unskilled laborer or farm worker of Latin
  • PEON definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    6 meanings: 1 a Spanish-American farm labourer or unskilled worker 2 (formerly in Spanish America) a debtor compelled to work Click for more definitions





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