PEON

noun ·see 2d pawn.

2. peon ·noun ·see poon.

3. peon ·noun a foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger.

4. peon ·noun a day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the spanish american countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified servitude, to work out a debt.