meaning of peon

1. See Poon.
2. A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger.
3. 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.
4. See 2d Pawn.
5. peon A person with no special root or wheel privileges on a computer system. "I cant create an account on foovax for you; Im only a peon there. " [Jargon File]
6. a laborer who is obliged to do menial work

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