- pe·on
- /ˈpiːˌɑːn/ noun, pl -ons [count]1 US : a person who does hard or boring work for very little money : a person who is not very important in a society or organization
The new policy changes affect the whole department, from the manager down to the office peons. [=the lowest paid workers in the office]
“Those rich politicians don't care about peons like us,” she complained.
2 : a poor farm worker especially in Latin America
Useful english dictionary. 2012.