PEON


Meaning of PEON in English

/ ˈpiːən; NAmE / noun

1.

a worker on a farm in Latin America

2.

( NAmE , humorous ) a person with a hard or boring job that is not well paid and not considered important

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WORD ORIGIN

from Portuguese peão and Spanish peón , from medieval Latin pedo , pedon- walker, foot soldier, from Latin pes , ped- foot. Compare with the noun pawn .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.