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]
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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,
C. inophullum, and Sterculia f[oe]tida; -- called also
peon.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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