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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Unfree labor in the United States, Slavery by type, Slavery of Native Americans, Debt bondage
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drudge  peon  navvy  galley slave  Pe0n
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A laborer who is obliged to do menial work WordNet 3.0
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A laborer who is obliged to do menial work WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Peon usually refers to a person subject to peonage: any form of wage labor, financial exploitation, coercive economic practice, or policy in which the victim or a laborer has little control over employment or economic conditions. Wikipedia
Social category Wikidata
A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work. Wiktionary
Peasant or serf. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
laborer
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homo
DERIVATION
labor
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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drudge, peon, navvy, galley slave
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Pe0n, Peonag, Peonage in the United States, peons, peón

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