peon
noun /ˈpiːən/
/ˈpiːɑːn/
- a worker on a farm in Latin America
（拉丁美洲的）农场工人 - (North American English, humorous) a person with a hard or boring job that is not well paid and not considered important
苦力；苦工
词源from Portuguese peão and Spanish peón, from medieval Latin pedo, pedon- ‘walker, foot soldier’, from Latin pes, ped- ‘foot’. Compare with the noun pawn.