peon
noun /ˈpiːən/
/ˈpiːɑːn/
- a worker on a farm in Latin America
- (North American English, humorous) a person with a hard or boring job that is not well paid and not considered important
Word Originfrom Portuguese peão and Spanish peón, from medieval Latin pedo, pedon- ‘walker, foot soldier’, from Latin pes, ped- ‘foot’. Compare with the noun pawn.