peon
noun/ˈpiːən/
/ˈpiːɑːn/
- a worker on a farm in Latin America
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- (North American English, humorous) a person with a hard or boring job that is not well paid and not considered important
Word Originfrom Portuguese peão and Spanish peón, from medieval Latin pedo, pedon- ‘walker, foot soldier’, from Latin pes, ped- ‘foot’. Compare with the noun pawn.
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