Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Peon \Pe"on\, n.
   See {Poon}.

Peon \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. A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a
      messenger. [India]

   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. (Chess) See 2d {Pawn}.

Source : WordNet®

peon
     n : a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: {drudge}, {navvy},
          {galley slave}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

peon
     
         A person with no special ({root} or {wheel})
        privileges on a computer system.  "I can't create an account
        on foovax for you; I'm only a peon there."
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (2001-12-23)