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]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peon \Pe"on\, n.
   See Poon.
   [1913 Webster]

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 f[oe]tida; --
   called also peon.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

peon
    n 1: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: drudge,
         peon, navvy, galley slave]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

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)


The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

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.”