英语词汇“peon”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	peon
释义	peon peon¹ /pee"euhn, pee"on/, 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. [1820-30; < Sp peón peasant, day laborer < VL *pedon- (s. of *pedo) walker (whence ML pedones infantry, OF peon PAWN²), deriv. of L ped- (s. of pes) foot] peon² /pee"euhn, pee"on/, n. (in India and Sri Lanka) 1. a messenger, attendant, or orderly. 2. a foot soldier or police officer. [1600-10; < Pg peão, F pion foot soldier, pedestrian, day laborer. See PEON¹]
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