单词 | peon |
释义 | peon n.   1. a a Spanish American day labourer or farm-worker. b a poor or destitute South American.   2. an Indian office messenger, attendant, or orderly.   3. a bullfighter's assistant.   4. hist. a worker held in servitude in the southern US. Derivatives peonage n. Etymology: Port. peao & Sp. peon f. med.L pedo -onis walker f. L pes pedis foot: cf. PAWN(1) |
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