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单词 peon
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pe•on1 /ˈpiən, ˈpiɑn/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. (in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer.
  2. a person of low social status who does unskilled work.
pe•on•age /ˈpiənɪdʒ/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pe•on1  (pēən, pēon),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. (in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer;
    day laborer.
  2. (formerly, esp. in Mexico) a person held in servitude to work off debts or other obligations.
  3. any person of low social status, esp. one who does work regarded as menial or unskilled;
    drudge.
  • Vulgar Latin *pedōn- (stem of *pedō) walker (whence Medieval Latin pedōnēs infantry, Old French peon pawn2), derivative of Latin ped- (stem of pēs) foot
  • Spanish peón peasant, day laborer
  • 1820–30

pe•on2  (pēən, pēon),USA pronunciation n. (in India and Sri Lanka)
  1. British Empirea messenger, attendant, or orderly.
  2. British Empirea foot soldier or police officer.
  • Portuguese peão, French pion foot soldier, pedestrian, day laborer. See peon1
  • 1600–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
peon /ˈpiːən; ˈpiːɒn/ n
  1. a Spanish-American farm labourer or unskilled worker
  2. (formerly in Spanish America) a debtor compelled to work off his debts
  3. any very poor person
Etymology: 19th Century: from Spanish peón peasant, from Medieval Latin pedō man who goes on foot, from Latin pēs foot; compare Old French paon pawn²
peon /pjuːn; ˈpiːən; ˈpiːɒn/ n (in India, Sri Lanka, etc, esp formerly)
  1. a messenger or attendant, esp in an office
  2. a native policeman
  3. a foot soldier
Etymology: 17th Century: from Portuguese peão orderly; see peon1
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