'Peon' definitions:
Definition of 'peon'
(from WordNet)
noun
Definition of 'Peon'
From: GCIDE
- 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] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Chess) See 2d Pawn. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'peon'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'peon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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