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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pe·on /ˈpiˌɑn, ən ||peˈon ||ˈpjun ||/
 日工,僱農,聽差

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pe·on, n.
 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.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pe·on n. See Poon.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 peon
      n : a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: drudge, navvy,
           galley slave]