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peon
noun
- in Spanish America,
- a person of the landless laboring class
- Historical a person forced to work off a debt or to perform penal servitude
- ☆ Historical in the SW U.S., a person forced into servitude to work off a debt
- in India,
- a foot soldier
- a native policeman
- an attendant or messenger
- an unskilled or exploited laborer
See peon in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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