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Found 7 hits - Term: peon, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
peon \pe"on\, n.
   see poon.
   1913 webster
see also:
poon 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   3. chess see 2d pawn.
      1913 webster
see also:
pawn 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
poon \poon\, n. canarese ponne.
   a name for several east indian, or their wood, used for the
   masts and spars of vessels, as calophyllum angustifolium,
   calophyllum inophullum, and sterculia foetida; --
   called also peon.
   1913 webster
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calophyllum angustifolium calophyllum inophullum sterculia foetida peon 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
peon
     n : a laborer who is obliged to do menial work syn: drudge, navvy,
          galley slave
see also:
drudge navvy galley slave 
[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
89 moby thesaurus words for "peon":
   apple-polisher, ass-licker, backscratcher, backslapper, bondmaid,
   bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, bootlick, bootlicker,
   brown-nose, brownie, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl,
   clawback, concubine, countryman, countrywoman, courtier, creature,
   cringer, debt slave, dependent, dray horse, drudge, dupe, fawner,
   fellah, feudatory, flatterer, flunky, follower, footlicker,
   galley slave, groveler, handshaker, hanger-on, helot, hind,
   homager, inferior, instrument, jackal, kowtower, lackey,
   led captain, lickspit, lickspittle, liege, liege man,
   liege subject, mealymouth, minion, muzhik, myrmidon, odalisque,
   peasant, provincial, puppet, retainer, serf, servant, slave,
   slavey, spaniel, stooge, subject, subordinate, suck, sycophant,
   theow, thrall, timeserver, toad, toady, toiler, tool, truckler,
   tufthunter, underling, understrapper, vassal, villein, workhorse,
   yeoman, yes-man




[6] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
peon n. 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."


see also:
root wheel 
[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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
     
     
see also:
root wheel jargon file 

Results 1 - 10 of 19 found about peon:

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Peón de Rey online. La Web de la Revista Peón de Rey

http://www.peonderey.com/, score=100, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 9:09 am

FreeBSD Tutorials, Notes, Links & Manual Pages

http://freebsd.peon.net/, score=95, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 8:54 am

PAGINA OFICIAL ::: MERCEDES PEON :::
...FW4 DW4 HTML..
http://www.mercedespeon.net/, score=94, date indexed=May 15, 2005, 7:05 am

The Peon's Guide To Secure System Development
...The Peon's Guide To Secure System Development.. This document was generated using the.....The Peon's Guide To Secure System Development....The Peon's Guide To Secure System..
http://m.bacarella.com/papers/secsoft/html/, score=76, date indexed=May 15, 2005, 6:10 am

Compagnia de' Peon
...peon.it : medioevo, rievocazione storica....| Italiano | English | Français | Italian is..
http://www.peon.it/, score=69, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 6:27 am


...The " Compagnia de' peon " displays a square tent ( 2,50x 2,50 ), three shelter tents.....The Peon)s MiddleAge..  What does " peon " means ? Is it Spanish ? Has it something to do.....write(s); } Home page Compagnia de' Peon - English.. Compagnia de Peon..Terrae Coneglani..
http://web.tiscali.it/cdpeon/index_en.htm, score=58, date indexed=May 15, 2005, 8:16 am

Home page Compagnia de' Peon - English
...Compagnia de Peon..Terrae Coneglani.. 13th Cent. Italian Communal Militia Reenactment.....The " Compagnia de' peon " displays a square tent ( 2,50x 2,50 ), three shelter tents.....The Peon)s MiddleAge..  What does " peon " means ? Is it Spanish ? Has it something to do..
http://web.tiscalinet.it/cdpeon/index_en.htm, score=50, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 7:50 am

Corporate Peon
...My Summer Weekend by Kate the Peon .. I left work early on Friday and drove up to my.....posted by Kate the Peon @ 12:43 PM.. | Wednesday, June 08, 2005.. Aruba, Jamaica, Ooh I.....posted by Kate the Peon @ 9:41 PM.. | Thursday, June 09, 2005.. Thief! I stole this idea..
http://corporatepeon.blogspot.com/, score=47, date indexed=June 13, 2005, 8:02 pm

peon - definition by dict.die.net
...The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) peon <jargon> A person with no.....1, 29 Jun 2001) peon n. A person with no special (root or wheel) privileges on a computer.....peon n : a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: drudge, navvy, galley slave..
http://dict.die.net/peon/, score=44, date indexed=June 14, 2005, 7:06 am

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