peon

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

peon [peon peons] BrE [ˈpiːən] NAmE [ˈpiːən] noun
1. a worker on a farm in Latin America
2. (NAmE, humorous)a person with a hard or boring job that is not well paid and not considered important

Word Origin:
from Portuguese peão and Spanish peón, from medieval Latin pedo, pedon- ‘walker, foot soldier’, from Latin pes, ped- ‘foot’. Compare with the noun ↑pawn.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  drudge, navvy, galley slave