peonn.¹

Brit.

/ˈpiːən/,

/pjuːn/,

/ˈpiːɒn/,

/peɪˈɒn/, U.S.

/ˈpiˌɑn/,

/ˈpiən/,

/ˈpeɪˌɑn/

Forms: 1600s peun, 1600s pe-une, 1600s pyon, 1600s pyone, 1600s–1700s pion, 1600s–1800s pune, 1600s– peon, 1800s pun.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pion.

Etymology: < French pion foot soldier, infantryman (see pawn n.¹). Compare Portuguese peão foot soldier. Compare peon n.²Formerly pronounced /pɪˈuːn/ or /pjuːn/, especially in British India, showing adoption of French -on as /uːn/: see -oon suffix. Compare:1973 P. G. Wodehouse Bachelors Anonymous i. 8 ‘She treated me like one of those things they have in Mexico, not tamales, something that sounds like spoon.’ ‘Peon?’ ‘That's right.’

In parts of South and South-East Asia:

†a. A foot soldier or low-ranking police officer. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > foot-soldier

footmanc1325

page?a1400

pieton?1473

foot soldier1587

rondache1607

peon1609

tolpatch1705

foot wobbler1785

wobbler1785

doughboy1835

fantassin1835

mud-crusher1864

web foot1866

grabby1868

infantryman1883

flat-foot1889

gravel-crusher1889

foot-slogger1894

PBI1916

mud-slogger1936

infanteer1944

leg1969

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > in specific country

quarterman1573

lascarine1598

peon1609

sbirro1670

exempt1678

kavass1819

ghaffir1831

Texas Ranger1846

carabiniere1847

zaptieh1869

Zarp1895

flic1899

kiap1923

Schupo1923

guard1925

provincial1936

Garda1943

Vopo1954

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > Indian

peon1609

wallah1782

maty1810

pattawalla1857

chokra1875

1609 W. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) iv. iv. §3. 421 The first of February, the Captaine [sc. Hawkins] departed with fiftie Peons, and certaine Horsemen.

1632 R. Cartwright in State Papers (Colonial, E. Indies) 290 His poor man..was met with by the Governors ‘pyones’..and clapt up in prison.

1747 Gentleman's Mag. July 341/1 The whole French garrison of Pondicherry, consisting of about 1000 regular troops, 200 train'd peons, and many others.

1840 H. Malcom Trav. Gloss. Peon (pronounced Pune), a Hindu constable.

b. An attendant, an orderly; a footman or messenger having subordinate authority over other staff. Also: a junior member of staff in an office.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun]

thanea700

yeoman1345

squirec1380

foot followera1382

handservanta1382

servitora1382

ministera1384

servera1425

squire of (or for) the body (or household)1450

attender1461

waitera1483

awaiter1495

tender?a1505

waiting-man1518

satellite?1520

attendant1555

sitter-byc1555

pediseque1606

asseclist?1607

tendant1614

assecle1616

fewterera1625

escudero1631

peon1638

wait1652

under spur-leather1685

body servant1689

slavey1819

tindal1859

maid-attendant1896

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) i. 35 With some Pe-unes (or black foot-boyes who can pratle some English) we rode to Surat.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xviii. 507 At this Moors Town they got a Peun to be their Guide to the Mogul's nearest Camp.

1775 A. Mackrabie Let. 24 Feb. in Francis Lett. (1901) I. 224 I am preceeded in all my Peregrinations by 2 Peons or running Footmen.

1782 Ld. Macartney Let. 1 Oct. in Private Corr. (1950) 63 He finds Hircarrahs, Pions, Cooleys, he conveys messages.

1800 T. T. Roberts Indian Gloss. 92 Peons, foot soldiers:..most persons keep servants who wear a belt with the master's name, who are termed peons or pūns.

1896 B. M. Croker Village Tales 2 Body-servants, peons, syces, and all the barrack dhobies.

1927 R. J. H. Sidney In Brit. Malaya To-day 136 Postmen, Government peons (messengers), prisoners themselves, all wear materials either made or made-up in Singapore prison.

1969 Pioneer (Lucknow) 13 Aug. 6/2 A peon in the office of the regional transport authority in Bombay attends office in his own car daily.

1993 B. Mukherjee Holder of World (1994) 115 Gabriel swatted aside peons and porters..then seized Kashi Chetty's umbrella bearer by the hair.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

peonn.²

Brit.

/ˈpiːən/,

/ˈpiːɒn/, U.S.

/ˈpiˌɑn/,

/ˈpiən/,

/peɪˈoʊn/

Inflections: Plural peons, peones.

Forms: 1800s peone, 1800s– peon.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish peón.

Etymology: < Spanish peón footsoldier, labourer (see pawn n.¹). In sense 1b probably influenced also by peon n.¹

a. In Latin America and the south-western United States: an unskilled farmworker or day labourer under the charge of a foreman or overseer; spec. (esp. in Mexico) a debtor held in servitude by a landlord creditor until his or her debt is repaid with labour (now historical). Cf. serf n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > hireling > hired by the day

journeyman1463

day labourer1528

daytal1548

serviceman1582

dayman1584

dayworker1587

daysman1617

journeywoman1733

journey-workman1756

darger1803

peon1826

jour1835

dataller1844

dargsman1845

journey-worker1887

journalier1891

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeping or driving mules > keeper of mules or asses

ass-herda1425

assmanc1470

muliona1500

mule-drivera1653

asswoman1728

peon1826

mule-whacker1873

society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > debtor > other types of debtor

bankrupt1533

mortgager1607

Alsatian1688

Minter1699

abbey laird1700

judgment debtor1749

peon1826

poor debtor1831

overdrawer1906

zombie1985

1826 F. B. Head Rough Notes Pampas 165 A mulish-looking sort of man who used to terrify all the arrieros and peons who passed.

1847 W. S. Henry Campaign Sketches War with Mexico xii. 134 This ‘peone’ system is fully equal to our slavery.

1852 W. B. Dewees & ‘C. Cardelle’ Lett. from Early Settler Texas ix. 56 The Peons, or lower class, are a sort of slaves, who are employed by the aristocracy.

1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark xxiii. 257 The mule owner brought with him a strong lad as peon, to assist in loading and unloading the beasts.

1962 N. Maxwell Witch-doctor's Apprentice vii. 81 They weren't Cotos, only a white man named Rodriguez, his partner, Juan Gómez, and five peons.

1991 H. Valestrand in K. A. Stølen & M. Vaa Gender & Change in Developing Countries (1991) 176 Women could for example feed ‘peones’ (day workers), or send food to older relatives who lived elsewhere.

b. In extended use (chiefly humorous or ironic): a person of little or no importance; a lowly or menial person, a drudge; a lackey, underling.

ΚΠ

1906 in A. Adams Chisholm Trail 180 Throw your cattle on the trail, you vulgar peons.

1977 Time 6 June 42/2 He [sc. Elvis Presley] periodically tossed a sweat-stained scarf to the peons below.

1993 Varsity (Univ. of Toronto) 25 Feb. 6/4 Well, there happened to be a dozen cops keeping students out of the meeting... Could it be that no one cares or wants to know what the pathetic peons want or care about?

2. Bullfighting. An assistant to a matador; = banderillero n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > bullfighting or bullfight > [noun] > bullfighter > types of

toreador1618

matador1681

torero1728

picador1775

banderillero1797

rejoneador1834

tauricide1845

espada1882

lidiador1893

peon1923

pic1925

pic1926

1923 Times 2 July 19/1 Unions of dartmen, pikemen, and peones have fought for rises in salaries.

1967 J. McCormick & M. S. Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado ii. 52 The senior matador who knows and likes this breed, has told his peones not to show a cape until he gives the signal.

2001 Guardian 7 July (Travel section) 2/2 The ring clears, and we are left with the first matador and his peones, who unfurl their large pink and yellow capes and practise imaginary passes.

3. U.S. Military slang (esp. in the U.S. Marine Corps). A private or other low-ranking member of the military; a ‘grunt’. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > common soldier > [noun]

soldiera1300

sergeantc1300

private soldier1566

common soldier1569

private man1651

man1690

(private) centinel1710

single sentinel1721

private1775

single soldier1816

troop1832

ranksman1845

dog soldier1852

ranker1890

other rank1904

mucko1917

squaddie1933

craftsman1942

peon1957

grunt1969

troopie1972

1957 A. Myrer Big War i. 4 Say, what are you going to do the next five days when you're all alone,..without all us peons to stoke the fires?

1969 S. N. Spetz Rat Pack Six 190 C'mon, you peons, let's draw the cards.

1980 W. J. Smith Army Brat (1982) i. v. 53 The privates—the ‘peons’ my father called them—had the lowliest duties, K.P. (Kitchen Police) and general policing up.

2001 Leatherneck June 16/1 Korea has been called The Forgotten War... Among those virtually forgotten over the past half-century have been the Marine Corps' enlisted combat pilots, who called themselves The Flying Peons.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peon
释义	peonn.¹ Brit. /ˈpiːən/, /pjuːn/, /ˈpiːɒn/, /peɪˈɒn/, U.S. /ˈpiˌɑn/, /ˈpiən/, /ˈpeɪˌɑn/ Forms: 1600s peun, 1600s pe-une, 1600s pyon, 1600s pyone, 1600s–1700s pion, 1600s–1800s pune, 1600s– peon, 1800s pun. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pion. Etymology: < French pion foot soldier, infantryman (see pawn n.¹). Compare Portuguese peão foot soldier. Compare peon n.²Formerly pronounced /pɪˈuːn/ or /pjuːn/, especially in British India, showing adoption of French -on as /uːn/: see -oon suffix. Compare:1973 P. G. Wodehouse Bachelors Anonymous i. 8 ‘She treated me like one of those things they have in Mexico, not tamales, something that sounds like spoon.’ ‘Peon?’ ‘That's right.’ In parts of South and South-East Asia: †a. A foot soldier or low-ranking police officer. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > foot-soldier footmanc1325 page?a1400 pieton?1473 foot soldier1587 rondache1607 peon1609 tolpatch1705 foot wobbler1785 wobbler1785 doughboy1835 fantassin1835 mud-crusher1864 web foot1866 grabby1868 infantryman1883 flat-foot1889 gravel-crusher1889 foot-slogger1894 PBI1916 mud-slogger1936 infanteer1944 leg1969 society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > in specific country quarterman1573 lascarine1598 peon1609 sbirro1670 exempt1678 kavass1819 ghaffir1831 Texas Ranger1846 carabiniere1847 zaptieh1869 Zarp1895 flic1899 kiap1923 Schupo1923 guard1925 provincial1936 Garda1943 Vopo1954 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > Indian peon1609 wallah1782 maty1810 pattawalla1857 chokra1875 1609 W. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) iv. iv. §3. 421 The first of February, the Captaine [sc. Hawkins] departed with fiftie Peons, and certaine Horsemen. 1632 R. Cartwright in State Papers (Colonial, E. Indies) 290 His poor man..was met with by the Governors ‘pyones’..and clapt up in prison. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. July 341/1 The whole French garrison of Pondicherry, consisting of about 1000 regular troops, 200 train'd peons, and many others. 1840 H. Malcom Trav. Gloss. Peon (pronounced Pune), a Hindu constable. b. An attendant, an orderly; a footman or messenger having subordinate authority over other staff. Also: a junior member of staff in an office. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] thanea700 yeoman1345 squirec1380 foot followera1382 handservanta1382 servitora1382 ministera1384 servera1425 squire of (or for) the body (or household)1450 attender1461 waitera1483 awaiter1495 tender?a1505 waiting-man1518 satellite?1520 attendant1555 sitter-byc1555 pediseque1606 asseclist?1607 tendant1614 assecle1616 fewterera1625 escudero1631 peon1638 wait1652 under spur-leather1685 body servant1689 slavey1819 tindal1859 maid-attendant1896 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) i. 35 With some Pe-unes (or black foot-boyes who can pratle some English) we rode to Surat. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xviii. 507 At this Moors Town they got a Peun to be their Guide to the Mogul's nearest Camp. 1775 A. Mackrabie Let. 24 Feb. in Francis Lett. (1901) I. 224 I am preceeded in all my Peregrinations by 2 Peons or running Footmen. 1782 Ld. Macartney Let. 1 Oct. in Private Corr. (1950) 63 He finds Hircarrahs, Pions, Cooleys, he conveys messages. 1800 T. T. Roberts Indian Gloss. 92 Peons, foot soldiers:..most persons keep servants who wear a belt with the master's name, who are termed peons or pūns. 1896 B. M. Croker Village Tales 2 Body-servants, peons, syces, and all the barrack dhobies. 1927 R. J. H. Sidney In Brit. Malaya To-day 136 Postmen, Government peons (messengers), prisoners themselves, all wear materials either made or made-up in Singapore prison. 1969 Pioneer (Lucknow) 13 Aug. 6/2 A peon in the office of the regional transport authority in Bombay attends office in his own car daily. 1993 B. Mukherjee Holder of World (1994) 115 Gabriel swatted aside peons and porters..then seized Kashi Chetty's umbrella bearer by the hair. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). peonn.² Brit. /ˈpiːən/, /ˈpiːɒn/, U.S. /ˈpiˌɑn/, /ˈpiən/, /peɪˈoʊn/ Inflections: Plural peons, peones. Forms: 1800s peone, 1800s– peon. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish peón. Etymology: < Spanish peón footsoldier, labourer (see pawn n.¹). In sense 1b probably influenced also by peon n.¹ 1. a. In Latin America and the south-western United States: an unskilled farmworker or day labourer under the charge of a foreman or overseer; spec. (esp. in Mexico) a debtor held in servitude by a landlord creditor until his or her debt is repaid with labour (now historical). Cf. serf n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > hireling > hired by the day journeyman1463 day labourer1528 daytal1548 serviceman1582 dayman1584 dayworker1587 daysman1617 journeywoman1733 journey-workman1756 darger1803 peon1826 jour1835 dataller1844 dargsman1845 journey-worker1887 journalier1891 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeping or driving mules > keeper of mules or asses ass-herda1425 assmanc1470 muliona1500 mule-drivera1653 asswoman1728 peon1826 mule-whacker1873 society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > debtor > other types of debtor bankrupt1533 mortgager1607 Alsatian1688 Minter1699 abbey laird1700 judgment debtor1749 peon1826 poor debtor1831 overdrawer1906 zombie1985 1826 F. B. Head Rough Notes Pampas 165 A mulish-looking sort of man who used to terrify all the arrieros and peons who passed. 1847 W. S. Henry Campaign Sketches War with Mexico xii. 134 This ‘peone’ system is fully equal to our slavery. 1852 W. B. Dewees & ‘C. Cardelle’ Lett. from Early Settler Texas ix. 56 The Peons, or lower class, are a sort of slaves, who are employed by the aristocracy. 1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark xxiii. 257 The mule owner brought with him a strong lad as peon, to assist in loading and unloading the beasts. 1962 N. Maxwell Witch-doctor's Apprentice vii. 81 They weren't Cotos, only a white man named Rodriguez, his partner, Juan Gómez, and five peons. 1991 H. Valestrand in K. A. Stølen & M. Vaa Gender & Change in Developing Countries (1991) 176 Women could for example feed ‘peones’ (day workers), or send food to older relatives who lived elsewhere. b. In extended use (chiefly humorous or ironic): a person of little or no importance; a lowly or menial person, a drudge; a lackey, underling. ΚΠ 1906 in A. Adams Chisholm Trail 180 Throw your cattle on the trail, you vulgar peons. 1977 Time 6 June 42/2 He [sc. Elvis Presley] periodically tossed a sweat-stained scarf to the peons below. 1993 Varsity (Univ. of Toronto) 25 Feb. 6/4 Well, there happened to be a dozen cops keeping students out of the meeting... Could it be that no one cares or wants to know what the pathetic peons want or care about? 2. Bullfighting. An assistant to a matador; = banderillero n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > bullfighting or bullfight > [noun] > bullfighter > types of toreador1618 matador1681 torero1728 picador1775 banderillero1797 rejoneador1834 tauricide1845 espada1882 lidiador1893 peon1923 pic1925 pic1926 1923 Times 2 July 19/1 Unions of dartmen, pikemen, and peones have fought for rises in salaries. 1967 J. McCormick & M. S. Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado ii. 52 The senior matador who knows and likes this breed, has told his peones not to show a cape until he gives the signal. 2001 Guardian 7 July (Travel section) 2/2 The ring clears, and we are left with the first matador and his peones, who unfurl their large pink and yellow capes and practise imaginary passes. 3. U.S. Military slang (esp. in the U.S. Marine Corps). A private or other low-ranking member of the military; a ‘grunt’. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > common soldier > [noun] soldiera1300 sergeantc1300 private soldier1566 common soldier1569 private man1651 man1690 (private) centinel1710 single sentinel1721 private1775 single soldier1816 troop1832 ranksman1845 dog soldier1852 ranker1890 other rank1904 mucko1917 squaddie1933 craftsman1942 peon1957 grunt1969 troopie1972 1957 A. Myrer Big War i. 4 Say, what are you going to do the next five days when you're all alone,..without all us peons to stoke the fires? 1969 S. N. Spetz Rat Pack Six 190 C'mon, you peons, let's draw the cards. 1980 W. J. Smith Army Brat (1982) i. v. 53 The privates—the ‘peons’ my father called them—had the lowliest duties, K.P. (Kitchen Police) and general policing up. 2001 Leatherneck June 16/1 Korea has been called The Forgotten War... Among those virtually forgotten over the past half-century have been the Marine Corps' enlisted combat pilots, who called themselves The Flying Peons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1609n.²1826
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