Topic: CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Origin: | peão and French pion, from Medieval Latin pedo; PAWN1 |
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pe‧on
[countable] American English
[countable] American English1 informalBEC someone who does boring or physically hard work for low pay - used humorously
2BEC someone in Mexico or South America who works as a type of slave to pay back debts
