Definitions for peon

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peon pe·on

Spelling: [pee-uh n, pee-on]

IPA: /ˈpi ən, ˈpi ɒn/

Peon is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in peon (enop).

Definitions for peon

noun

1. (in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
2. (formerly, especially in Mexico) a person held in servitude to work off debts or other obligations.
3. any person of low social status, especially one who does work regarded as menial or unskilled; drudge.
4. a messenger, attendant, or orderly.
5. a foot soldier or police officer.

Origin of peon

1820-30; Spanish peón peasant, day laborer Vulgar Latin *pedōn- (stem of *pedō) walker (whence Medieval Latin pedōnēs infantry, Old French peon pawn²), der

Examples for peon

The peon does not generally use matches to light his cigarette.

"Your turn now, Sambo," I told the peon after the sailor had gone.

It is the cache of ammunition with which to save the peon and Indian slave,––you know that!

There I found a peon and two chaprassis, the three men I had met on the road.

A peon was seen walking that morning on the verandah with a letter in his hand.

The Mexican peon is not necessarily particular as to the quality of this meat.

That, peon, is something you'll have to find out for yourself.

The school is as free to the son of a peon as to him with the richest of parents.

This arrangement is all against the peon, and all in favor of the employer.

You came off the ship that landed today, and have been classified a peon.