1. a person held in servitude to work off a debt
Usage: historical
2. a person doing hard or dull work for little pay
3. a person of low social status
Usage: sometimes offensive

Examples

• The wealthy landowner employed dozens of peons to work his fields.
• She felt like a peon doing endless paperwork for minimum wage.
• The company treated its entry-level employees like peons.
• Historical records show that peons were bound to their employers by debt.
• He worked as a peon in the factory before starting his own business.
• The feudal system relied heavily on peons and serfs for labor.