Noun: peon
| Singular | peon |
| Plural | peons; peones |
Sample Sentences
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He is well dressed in cheap clothing. Like an office peon whose wife works in a laundry. [2011, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Jonathan Cape, page 260:]
Nouns inflected like peon
great go,
great-go,
senhor,
afrancesado,
sprite halo,
shacko,
commando,
villiaco,
magic Negro,
Phnom Laang bent-toed gecko,
chacmool,
yerbal,
depressor,
bombolo,
bolivar,
bolívar,
buccinator,
boratto,
botargo,
slashed zero, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From a combination of Middle French pion, peon and Spanish peón, both from Late Latin pedōnem (“pedestrian”). Doublet of pawn. See: Spanish Nouns '
peón'.