peón

Meaning

1. (masculine) foot soldier, infantryman
2. (masculine) child's toy top
3. (masculine) piece, token, or man in board games
4. (masculine) piece, token, or man in board games
5. (masculine) axle, spindle
6. (masculine) beehive

Concepts

pawn

peon

man

👨

labourer

servant

axle

farmhand

infantryman

marcher

navvy

spindle

top

🔝

unskilled worker

worker

minnow

day laborer

drudge

peasant

pedestrian

day labourer

counter

foot-soldier

spinning top

hodman

manual laborer

whirligig

galley slave

mazdoor

jack

laborer

foot soldier

footslogger

workman

Synonyms

trompo

obrero

peonza

jornalero

bracero

trabajador

caminante

fantoche

ganapán

obrero no especializado

sproing

trabajador no calificado

obrero no calificado

zompo

eje

playero

🏖️

empleado

infante

mano de obra

sirviente

títere

Translations

pion

Bauer

🧑‍🌾

pion

pedone

peó

πιόνι

pedina

peão

piyon

manovale

Arbeiter

manobre

sterratore

Hyphenated as

pe‧ón

Pronounced as (IPA)

/peˈon/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: pēs

Cognate with Portuguese: peão

Cognate with French: pion

Cognate with Italian: pedone

In summary

Inherited from Late Latin pedōnem (“footsoldier”), from Latin pedem (“foot”). Compare Portuguese peão, French pion, Italian pedone.