PEON (2)

Pe″on, n. [[Sp. peon, or Pg. pe�o, one who travels on foot, a foot soldier, a pawn in chess. See Pawn in chess.]] 1. 1. A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger.
2. 2. A day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the Spanish American countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified servitude, to work out a debt.
3. 3. (Chess) See 2d Pawn.