单词 | peon |
释义 | pe·on (pēŏn′, pēən) n. 1. A person who does menial or repetitive tasks and has a low rank in an organization or society. 2. a. An unskilled laborer or farm worker of Latin America or the southwest United States. b. Such a worker bound in servitude to a landlord creditor. 3. (also pyn) In India and other parts of South and Southeast Asia, a person of menial position, especially a messenger, servant, or foot soldier. [Spanish peón, day laborer, from Medieval Latin pedō, pedōn-, foot soldier; see PIONEER. Sense 3, from Portuguese peão and French pion, foot soldier, both ultimately from Medieval Latin pedō.] |
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