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What is a peon?

What is a peon? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A lowly person, a peasant or serf, a labourer who is obliged to do menial work
  2. (India, historical) A messenger, foot soldier, or native policeman.
  3. (figuratively) A low-ranking person.
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A peon was seen walking that morning on the verandah with a letter in his hand.
This arrangement is all against the peon, and all in favor of the employer.
The debt peon had to work for his creditor, and the labour of the criminal peon was sold by the state to a third party.
The peon does not generally use matches to light his cigarette.
She was a smart mechanic, but she was still a mere peon to the vassal that owned her.
There I found a peon and two chaprassis, the three men I had met on the road.

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