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 Definitions for peon: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Peon \Pe"on\, n.
See Poon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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]
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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.
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3. (Chess) See 2d Pawn.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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peon
n : a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: drudge, navvy,
galley slave]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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89 Moby Thesaurus words for "peon":
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
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
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peon n. A person with no special (root or wheel) privileges on a
computer system. "I can't create an account on _foovax_ for you; I'm
only a peon there."
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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peon
A person with no special (root or wheel)
privileges on a computer system. "I can't create an account
on foovax for you; I'm only a peon there."
[Jargon File]
(2001-12-23)
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