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PEON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does peon mean?
• PEON (noun)
The noun PEON has 1 sense:
1. a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
Familiarity information: PEON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A laborer who is obliged to do menial work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
drudge; galley slave; navvy; peon
Hypernyms ("peon" is a kind of...):
jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
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