[ 'pi:ən ]
■ noun
1》 also peɪ'ɒn a Spanish-American day labourer or unskilled farm worker.
↘ N. Amer. a person who does menial work.
2》 also pju:n (in the Indian subcontinent and SE Asia) someone of low rank.
3》 ( plural ~es peɪ'əʊneɪz ) another term for banderillero .
Derivatives
~age noun
Origin
from Port. peão and Sp. peón , from med. L. pedo , pedon- 'walker, foot soldier'; cf. pawn 1 .