Usually means: Low-ranking worker; subordinate laborer.
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  1. peon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  3. peon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. peon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  9. peon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  14. Peon (slang), Peon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Peon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. peon: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  19. peon: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. peon: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. peon: Legal dictionary

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  1. PEON: Acronym Finder

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  1. peon: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See peones as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
noun:  (figurative) A person of low rank or importance.
noun:  (India, historical) A messenger, foot soldier, or native policeman.

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