Peon1. (n.) See Poon.
2. (n.) A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger.
3. (n.) 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. (n.) See 2d Pawn.
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