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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peon  \Pe"on\,  n. 
  See  {Poon}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peon  \Pe"on\,  n.  [Sp.  peon,  or  Pg  pe?o,  one  who  travels  on 
  foot,  a  foot  soldier,  a  pawn  in  chess.  See  {Pawn}  in  chess.] 
  1.  A  foot  soldier;  a  policeman;  also  an  office  attendant;  a 
  messenger.  [India] 
 
  2.  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. 
 
  3.  (Chess)  See  2d  {Pawn}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Poon  \Poon\,  n.  [Canarese  ponne.] 
  A  name  for  several  East  Indian,  or  their  wood,  used  for  the 
  masts  and  spars  of  vessels,  as  {Calophyllum  angustifolium}, 
  {C.  inophullum},  and  {Sterculia  f[oe]tida};  --  called  also 
  {peon}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  peon 
  n  :  a  laborer  who  is  obliged  to  do  menial  work  [syn:  {drudge},  {navvy}, 
  {galley  slave}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  peon  n.  A  person  with  no  special  ({root}  or  {wheel}) 
  privileges  on  a  computer  system.  "I  can't  create  an  account  on  _foovax_ 
  for  you  I'm  only  a  peon  there." 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  peon 
 
  A  person  with  no  special  ({root}  or  {wheel})  privileges  on  a 
  computer  system.  "I  can't  create  an  account  on  *foovax*  for 
  you  I'm  only  a  peon  there." 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
 




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