peĀ·on Pronunciation (pn, pn)
n.
1.a. An unskilled laborer or farm worker of Latin America or the southwest United States.
b.Such a worker bound in servitude to a landlord creditor.
2. A menial worker; a drudge.
3. also (pyn) In India and other parts of South and Southeast Asia, a person of menial position, especially a messenger, servant, or foot soldier.