PEON


Meaning of PEON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ̈ɪpju:n ]

n. 1 a a Spanish American day labourer or farm-worker. b a poor or destitute South American. 2 an Indian office messenger, attendant, or orderly. 3 a bullfighter's assistant. 4 hist. a worker held in servitude in the southern US. øøpeonage n. [Port. peao & Sp. peon f. med.L pedo -onis walker f. L pes pedis foot: cf. PAWN(1)]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.