Defn: A female writer; an authoress. Johnson.
PEON
Pe"on, n.
Defn: See Poon.
PEON Pe"on, n. Etym: [Sp. peon, or Pg. pe, 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)
Defn: See 2d Pawn.
PEONAGE
Pe"on*age, n.
Defn: The condition of a peon.