peon
noun [ C ]
uk
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Meaning of peon in English
Examples of peon
peon
He sent his peons to burn it.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
He traveled with an interpreter and two peons.
Both of these units are collectively referred to as peons.
Most people were on farms, either as landless peons or as holders of small properties.
Ranking officers wear black, peons wear white leather coats.
Patrol officers in the shape of village watchmen or patels in villages and peons, horse patrolmen and such other like men in the towns were present.
To rivet the shackles more firmly on him, the landlord keeps a shop and entices the peon to get into debt.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
He stops and asks a peon where he can find the marshal.
In this sense, "peon" can be used in either a derogatory or self-effacing context.
The peon is shown dead on the floor with blood on his face.
They range in power from the weak and cowardly peon goblins to the mighty goblin warlords.
In the meantime, the peon creates a ruckus at the homes of the trio and reveals to the wives the details of the debts.
The peon would pour water from way high up, lest our hands touch the glass.
A peon is one who is compelled to work for his creditor until his debt is paid.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
