Толковый словарь английского языка - peon
Peon
peon
noun (plural ~s or ~es) see: pawn Date: 1609 any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: as, infantryman , orderly , a member of the landless laboring class in Spanish America, 3. plural ~s a person held in compulsory servitude to a master for the working out of an indebtedness, drudge , menial
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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
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