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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Peon

/pē'-ən/ · Pe·on · IPA /ˈpi.ɑn/
01 n. See Poon.
  1. 1.
    See Poon. See: Poon
02 n. A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger.
  1. 1.
    A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger.[India]
  2. 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. 3.
    See 2d Pawn.(Chess) See: Pawn