noun
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A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
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A person of low rank or importance.
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A messenger, foot soldier, or native policeman.
Examples of peon in a Sentence
The special person statements consisted of every child saying one positive thing about every other peon in the class.
The Chilean peon, however, comes from a hardy stock, and has borne ail strip of territory west of the Andes, but also a large piece of the Patagonian mainland, south of lat.
The Indians within the limits of the Spanish colony were treated like slaves, and horribly mutilated to prevent their escape; but at the same time a gradual fusion of races was taking place, and the Chilean peasant (peon) of to-day is as much of Indian as of Spanish descent.