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Definitions for Peon

[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.
[6] a Spanish-American farm labourer or unskilled worker
[7] (formerly in Spanish America) a debtor compelled to work off his debts
[8] any very poor person
[9] a messenger or attendant, esp in an office
[10] a native policeman
[11] a foot soldier

Words related to Peon

slave, servant, serf, peasant, drudge, laborer, gopher, farmhand

Words nearby Peon

penury, penutian, penza, penzance, penzias, peon, peonage, peony, people, people carrier, people mover

Origin of Peon

21600–10; < Portuguese peão, French pion foot soldier, pedestrian, day laborer. See peon1

Words that may be confused with Peon

paean, paeon, peon

Word origin for Peon

C17: from Portuguese peão orderly; see peon 1

Synonyms for Peon

drudge, farmhand, gopher, laborer, peasant, serf, servant, slave, farm worker, unskilled laborer