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Synonyms for peon

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pee-uh n, pee-on
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpi ən, ˈpi ɒn

Définition of peon

Origin :
  • unskilled worker, 1826, from Mexican Spanish peon "agricultural laborer" (especially a debtor held in servitude by his creditor), from Spanish peon "day laborer," also "pedestrian," originally "foot soldier," from Medieval Latin pedonem "foot soldier" (see pawn (n.2)). The word entered British English earlier (c.1600) in the sense "native constable, soldier, or messenger in India," via Portuguese peao "pedestrian, foot soldier, day laborer."
  • noun menial worker
Example sentences :
  • The school is as free to the son of a peon as to him with the richest of parents.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • This arrangement is all against the peon, and all in favor of the employer.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • It is the cache of ammunition with which to save the peon and Indian slave,––you know that!
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • A peon was seen walking that morning on the verandah with a letter in his hand.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
  • There I found a peon and two chaprassis, the three men I had met on the road.
  • Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
  • "Your turn now, Sambo," I told the peon after the sailor had gone.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • That, peon, is something you'll have to find out for yourself.
  • Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
  • You came off the ship that landed today, and have been classified a peon.
  • Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
  • Consequently the peon has but a small choice of comestibles.
  • Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock
  • As to buried treasure, it is a favourite subject of the peon for conversation.
  • Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock

Antonyms for peon

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