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peon
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[ˈpiːən], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a Spanish American day labourer or unskilled farm worker
- (in South and Southeast Asia) a low-ranking worker such as an attendant, orderly, or assistant
(e.g: the elder son is a peon at a nearby school)
- a bullfighter who uses banderillas (darts thrust into a bull's neck or shoulders); a banderillero
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Origin
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from Portuguese peão and Spanish peón, from medieval Latin pedo, pedon- ‘walker, foot soldier’, from Latin pes, ped- ‘foot’. Compare with pawn
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