Pe"on (?), n.
See Poon.
© Webster 1913.
Pe"on, n. [Sp. peon, or Pg. peo, 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.
© Webster 1913.