pe ‧ on /ˈpiːən/ BrE AmE noun [countable] American English
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Portuguese ; Origin: peão and French pion , from Medieval Latin pedo ; ⇨ ↑ pawn 1 ]
1 . informal someone who does boring or physically hard work for low pay – used humorously
2 . someone in Mexico or South America who works as a type of slave to pay back debts