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peon::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | drudge, galley slave, navvy |
| Type of | jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer |
Examples of peon
peon
In this sense, peon can be used in either a derogatory or self-effacing context.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I'm clearly an intellectual peon with no knowledge about resource development.
From the economist.com
Peon struggled with injury but hung tough to finish the race in 6th position.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I was just a peon making an average salary who paid into my retirement.
From the ocregister.com
I never could have imagined that a peon like me could choose a career instead of having a job.
From the positivesharing.com
The peon system is still quite the standard in russia even today.
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Don't make the poor peon worker look like the bad guy.
From the jsonline.com
He sells newspaper in bazaar, take a job of peon, become wood cutter and finally telephone lineman.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Putting a few phials into my bag, I proceeded to the women's section, accompanied by the Third Jailer's peon, Najut Singh.
From the theatlantic.com
- Drudge: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
- A peon is a person subject to peonage (/u02C8piu02D0u0252n/, from Spanish peu00F3n ), a type of involuntary servitude of laborers (peons) having little control over their employment conditions. Peonage existed historically during the colonial period, especially in Latin America and areas of Spanish rule.
- (Peons) Upgrades the Squad with two additional grunts.
- (Peons) n., service personnel who must endure the rabid tirades of angry customers.
- Some use this to refer to all workers which developed during Warcraft II.
- A lootmon, a foot soldier; an inferior officer or servant employed in the business of the revenue, police, or judicature.
- There are four common peons to a tribe, each having their own skills. Most were common apart from the very few which were rarer.
- A person held in compulsory servitude to a master for the working out of indebtedness.
