peon 音标拼音: [p'iən]
n . 日工,雇农,听差
日工,雇农,听差
peon n 1 :
a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [
synonym : {
drudge },
{
peon }, {
navvy }, {
galley slave }]
Peon \
Pe "
on \,
n . [
Sp .
peon ,
or Pg .
pe ?
o ,
one who travels on foot ,
a foot soldier ,
a pawn in chess .
See {
Pawn }
in chess .]
1 .
A foot soldier ;
a policeman ;
also ,
an office attendant ;
a messenger . [
India ]
[
1913 Webster ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Chess )
See 2d {
Pawn }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Peon \
Pe "
on \,
n .
See {
Poon }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Poon \
Poon \,
n . [
Canarese ponne .]
A name for several East Indian ,
or their wood ,
used for the masts and spars of vessels ,
as {
Calophyllum angustifolium },
{
Calophyllum inophullum },
and {
Sterculia f [
oe ]
tida }; --
called also {
peon }.
[
1913 Webster ]
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "
peon ":
apple -
polisher ,
ass -
licker ,
backscratcher ,
backslapper ,
bondmaid ,
bondman ,
bondslave ,
bondsman ,
bondswoman ,
bootlick ,
bootlicker ,
brown -
nose ,
brownie ,
captive ,
chattel ,
chattel slave ,
churl ,
clawback ,
concubine ,
countryman ,
countrywoman ,
courtier ,
creature ,
cringer ,
debt slave ,
dependent ,
dray horse ,
drudge ,
dupe ,
fawner ,
fellah ,
feudatory ,
flatterer ,
flunky ,
follower ,
footlicker ,
galley slave ,
groveler ,
handshaker ,
hanger -
on ,
helot ,
hind ,
homager ,
inferior ,
instrument ,
jackal ,
kowtower ,
lackey ,
led captain ,
lickspit ,
lickspittle ,
liege ,
liege man ,
liege subject ,
mealymouth ,
minion ,
muzhik ,
myrmidon ,
odalisque ,
peasant ,
provincial ,
puppet ,
retainer ,
serf ,
servant ,
slave ,
slavey ,
spaniel ,
stooge ,
subject ,
subordinate ,
suck ,
sycophant ,
theow ,
thrall ,
timeserver ,
toad ,
toady ,
toiler ,
tool ,
truckler ,
tufthunter ,
underling ,
understrapper ,
vassal ,
villein ,
workhorse ,
yeoman ,
yes -
man
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