peon

Definitions

1. 1.A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger. [India]
2. 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. 3.(Chess) See 2d Pawn.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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