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Peon

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One bound in peonage.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Mexico. A debtor held by his creditor in a qualified servitude to work out the debt; a serf. Webster. In India. A footman; a soldier; an inferior officer; a servant employed in the business of the revenue, police, or judicature.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

In Mexico, a debtor held by his creditor in a qualified servitude to work out the debt; a serf. Webster.