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Table Of Contents: Peon as a Noun Definitions of "Peon" as a noun Synonyms of "Peon" as a noun (15 Words) Usage Examples of "Peon" as a noun Associations of "Peon" (30 Words)
The synonyms of “Peon” are: drudge, galley slave, navvy, servant, domestic servant, domestic, maid of all work, steward, waiter, waitress, porter, menial, auxiliary, assistant, helper
Peon as a Noun
Definitions of "Peon" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “peon” as a noun can have the following definitions:
A debtor held in servitude by a creditor, especially in the southern US and Mexico. A laborer who is obliged to do menial work. A bullfighter who uses banderillas (darts thrust into a bull's neck or shoulders); a banderillero. A Spanish American day labourer or unskilled farm worker. A person who does menial work. (in South and SE Asia) a low-ranking worker such as an attendant, orderly, or assistant.
GrammarTOP.com Synonyms of "Peon" as a noun (15 Words)
A person who ranks below a senior person. assistant A care assistant.
An auxiliary verb. auxiliary A nursing auxiliary.
A servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household. domestic They are often called to sort out a domestic.
domestic servant A servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household.
A laborer who is obliged to do menial work. drudge I felt like a household drudge.
galley slave The kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner.
GrammarTOP.com A person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial helper help. There was no shortage of willing helpers. maid of all work A female domestic. menial A person with a menial job. navvy A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
A person employed to carry supplies on a mountaineering expedition. porter A hospital porter.
A person working in the service of another (especially in the servant household. The state cannot be a servant of the church.
A union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in steward negotiating with management. Farmers pride themselves on being stewards of the countryside. waiter A person who waits for a time, event, or opportunity.
A woman whose job is to serve customers at their tables in a waitress restaurant.
GrammarTOP.com Usage Examples of "Peon" as a noun
The elder son is a peon at a nearby school. Racing drivers aren't exactly nine-to-five peons.
GrammarTOP.com Associations of "Peon" (30 Words)
(in a sporting context) clumsy. agricultural Keith took an agricultural swing at the ball.
agriculture The class of people engaged in growing food.
An expert in or student of the scientific study of plants. botanist A botanist announced he d bred a new and beautiful variety of orchid.
(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic. bucolic A pleasant bucolic scene.
The inhabitants of countryside areas. countryside The political influence of the countryside remains strong.
cowhand A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback.
GrammarTOP.com Yield crops. crop You can always crop the picture afterwards.
A mechanical implement for breaking up the ground and uprooting cultivator weeds. Rotary cultivators are ideal in the kitchen garden.
A farm where dairy products are produced. dairy I rely on soya as a substitute for dairy.
United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of farmer Racial Equality (born in 1920.
House for a farmer and family. farmhouse A farmhouse kitchen.
Someone who takes care of a garden. gardener A part time gardener and handyman.
Gather a crop as a harvest. harvest After harvesting most of the crop is stored in large buildings.
A person who does not acknowledge your god. infidel A crusade against infidels and heretics.
An educated and intellectual elite. intelligentsia A distrust of the intelligentsia and of theoretical learning.
In Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the laity priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy.
An ignorant, rude, or unsophisticated person. peasant Peasants left the farms to work in industry.
(in Canada) sporting contests held between teams representing the provincial country’s administrative divisions. Narrow provincial attitudes. rancher A ranch house. reaper Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields.
GrammarTOP.com In, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town. rural Rural people.
Awkwardly simple and provincial. rustic Bare plaster walls and terracotta floor give a rustic feel.
Cut with a scythe. scythe Scythe grass or grain. serf A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
The state of a serf. serfdom The liberation of the peasants from serfdom.
The subjection of property to an easement. servitude Penal servitude. shopkeeper The owner and manager of a shop. vassalage The state of a serf. vendible Fit to be offered for sale. yeoman A member of the yeomanry force.
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