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Peon
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
See Poon.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger. [India]
2. A day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the Spanish American countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified servitude, to work out a debt.
3. See 2d Pawn.