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Definition: Peon |
PeonNoun1. A laborer who is obliged to do menial work. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "peon" was first used: 1826. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Peon n. A person with no special (root or wheel) privileges on a computer system. "I can't create an account on _foovax_ for you; I'm only a peon there.". Source: Jargon File. |
Mining | A. The movable vertical post of an arrastre. b. A prop, post, or stall.c. Mex. Helper; a common laborer. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PeonSynonyms: drudge (n), galley slave (n), navvy (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Combatant | Infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier; Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder; officer; (commander); subaltern, ensign, standard bearer; spearman, pikeman; spear bearer; halberdier, lancer; musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher; grenadier, fusileer; archer, bowman. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Peon |
| English words defined with "peon": peonage. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Peon" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (peon), Serbo-Croatian (paeon), Spanish (handmaid, handyman), Swedish (paeon, peon). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Puerto Rican peon bringing bananas to market.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Peon group near Rascon.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Peon" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Peon" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "peon" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Peon | Last name | 130 | 54,978 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "peon": Hernandez-peon. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
mercedes peon | 11 |
peon | 10 |
contreras jose peon | 2 |
contreras jose peon y | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "peon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | punëtor krahu në amerikën latine, ushtar këmbësor në indi, argat (cottar, cotter, grub, grubber, laborer, labourer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عامل مسخر, الكادح (drudge, fag, grub, grubber, laborer, labourer, slave, slogger), المدين المسخر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | слуга (follower, footman, gossoon, knave, man, manservant, menial, myrmidon, retainer, servant, servitor, valet), ратай (cottar, cotter, farmhand), заробен длъжник, полицай (bluebottle, bull, constable, cop, copper, flatfoot, fuzz, grass, gumshoe, jemadar, patrolman, peace officer, peeler, pendant, pig, pointsman, police officer, policeman, rozzer, runner, shamus, slop, trap), пехотинец (foot soldier, footman, footslogger, infantryman), пеон. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | peón. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | péon, fantassin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Tagelöhner (day laborer, day labourer, daytaller, laborer, labourer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εργάτησ με ημερομίσθιο, εργάτησ εργαζόμενοσ προσ απότισιν χρέουσ, ορντινάντσα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | küldönc (bell boy, bell-hop, commissionaire, copyboy, courier, errand boy, express, mercury, messenger, office boy, orderly, post boy, runner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fattorino (bellhop, footboy, lad, messenger, office boy, officeboy, page, runner, summoner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 일반 사용자. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eonpay peão (footpath, man, pawn, pedestrian, Walker, walk-on), serviçal (accommodating, helpful, officious, pageboy, servitor), ordenança (batman, galloper, orderly), mensageiro (call-boy, courier, emissary, forerunner, harbinger, Herald, messenger, office building, pages, relay racer, relay rider, runner), indigência (destitution, indigence, misery, penury, poorness, poverty rate). (various references) poliţai (Bobby, bull, myrmidon of the law, policeman), peon, soldat (advocate, g.i., guardsman, man, private soldier, soldier, supporter, Tommy). (various references) вестовой (batman), батрак (agricultural labourer, agricultural worker, cottager, cottar, cottier, farm labourer, farmhand, hind, Hodge), пехотинец (foot soldier, footslogger, infantryman). (various references) vojnik pešak (dogface, doughboy, infantryman), nadničar (day laborer, day labourer, hodman, wage earner), kmet (bondservant, serf, thrall). (various references) peón (farmhand, hand, laborer, labourer, pawn, roustabout, top, workman). (various references) peon (paeon), daglönare (day laborer, day labourer, daytaler). (various references) piyade (foot, infantry, infantryman), köle gibi çalıştırılan kimse (dogsbody), gündelikçi (casual, casual labor, casual laborer), emir eri (batman, equerry, orderly), efendisine borcunu çalışarak ödeyen kimse, amele (coolie, hand, hobo, hodman, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, working man, workman). (various references) піхотинець (dogface, foot soldier, footman, footslogger, infantryman, pongo, yard bird), поліцай (badge, officer), поденник (daysman, daytaler, journeyman, scrub). (various references) người liên lạc, cần vụ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | pedonem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "peon": peonage, peonages, peones, peonies, peonism, peonisms, peons, peony. (additional references) | |
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"Peon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: beon, Bpeo, epan, Epaon, epin, epo, epon, epow, epron, heon, jeon, paeon, palon, pano, Paoh, paon, Papon, paun, peana, pecon, pedon, peeon, Pehn, peinz, Pejot, pelon, pemon, peno, penoe, penol, penon, penot, penow, peo, peoni, peot, peoz, Pern, Peson, petn, peton, peun, peune, pewn, phon, pino, piof, Pixon, pleno, pleon, plon, poean, poen, poeni, Poeu, pon, Poxon, ppon, precon, preon, Pron, pwon, xeon, yeon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "peon" (pronounced pē"un) |
| 4 | p ē" u n | cyclopean, paean. |
| 3 | -ē" u n | Eon, epicurean, plebeian, protean. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: nope, open, pone. | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-o-p" | |
-1 letter: eon, one, ope, pen. | |
-2 letters: en, ne, no, oe, on, op, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-o-p" | |
+1 letter: copen, netop, opens, opine, paeon, pelon, pengo, peons, peony, phone, ponce, pones, prone. | |
+2 letters: apnoea, copens, crepon, depone, epigon, eponym, holpen, impone, lepton, loupen, netops, opened, opener, openly, operon, opined, opines, orpine, paeons, pengos, pennon, peones, pereon, perron, person, phenol, phenom, phoned, phones, phoney, pigeon, pinole, pointe, poleyn, pollen, ponced, ponces, ponded, ponder, ponent, ponged, pongee, ponied, ponies, pontes, poteen, potent, potmen, pounce, proven, pyrone, reopen, spoken, sponge, teopan, unopen, weapon. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50718180 |
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