Англо-русский словарь - peon
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peon
I indian noun
1) пехотинец
2) полицейский
3) вестовой II noun батрак, поденщик, пеон (в Южной Америке) Syn: see slave
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1.
ист. пеон, батрак Крестьянин, взявший ссуду или участок земли у плантатора и вынужденный выполнять у него различные работы до погашения долга. См. тж. peonage Ср. indentured servant ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
2.
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. Derivatives peonage n. Etymology: Port. peao & Sp. peon f. med.L pedo -onis walker f. L pes pedis foot: cf. PAWN(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
noun (plural ~s or ~es) Etymology: Portuguese peao & French pion, from Medieval Latin pedon-, pedo foot soldier — more at pawn Date: 1609 1. any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: as a. infantryman b. orderly 2. Spanish peon, from Latin pedon-, pedo a member of the landless laboring class in Spanish America 3. plural ~s a. a person held in compulsory servitude to a master for the working out of an indebtedness b. drudge, menial ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
~ n 1 AmE usually humorous someone who works at a boring or physically hard job for low pay 2 AmE someone in Mexico or South America who works as a kind of slave to pay his debts 3 an office messenger in India ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
5.
- 1826, from Mex.Sp. peon, from Sp., "day laborer," also "pedestrian," originally "foot soldier," from M.L. pedonem "foot soldier" (see pawn (1)). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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