• n. 日工；勞工；雇農(nóng)；被強(qiáng)制勞役以還債的工人
• n. (Peon)人名；(俄、葡)佩翁

來(lái)自西班牙語(yǔ)peon,苦工，苦力，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)pedon,步行的人，步兵，來(lái)自ped,腳，詞源同foot,pawn.引申詞義步卒，走卒，干苦力的人。

peon (n.)

unskilled worker, 1826, from Mexican Spanish peon "agricultural laborer" (especially a debtor held in servitude by his creditor), from Spanish peon "day laborer," also "pedestrian," originally "foot soldier," from Medieval Latin pedonem "foot soldier" (see pawn (n.2)). The word entered British English earlier (c. 1600) in the sense "native constable, soldier, or messenger in India," via Portuguese peao "pedestrian, foot soldier, day laborer."