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peon (in India) foot-soldier, orderly XVII; (in Sp. America) day-labourer XIX. — Pg. peāo and Sp. peon :— medL. pedō, -ōn- one who goes on foot (in classL. broad-footed man), f. pēs, ped- FOOT.

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