pe·on /ˈpiˌɑn, ən ||peˈon ||ˈpjun ||/
日工,僱農,聽差
Pe·on, n.
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 See 2d Pawn.
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peon
n : a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: drudge, navvy,
galley slave]