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peon
(encz) | peon,zemědělský dělník n: Zdeněk Brož |
Peon
(gcide) | 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]
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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.
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3. (Chess) See 2d Pawn.
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Peon
(gcide) | Peon \Pe"on\, n.
See Poon.
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peon
(gcide) | 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.
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peon
(wn) | peon
n 1: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: drudge,
peon, navvy, galley slave] |
peon
(foldoc) | 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."
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peon
(jargon) | 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.”
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peonage
(encz) | peonage,nucená práce Zdeněk Brož |
peonies
(encz) | peonies,pivoňky n: pl. [bot.] Jaroslav Šedivý |
peony
(encz) | peony,pivoňka n: [bot.] Nijel |
peony family
(encz) | peony family, n: |
Peon
(gcide) | 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]
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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.
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3. (Chess) See 2d Pawn.
[1913 Webster]Peon \Pe"on\, n.
See Poon.
[1913 Webster]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.
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Peonage
(gcide) | Peonage \Pe"on*age\, n.
The condition of a peon.
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Peonies
(gcide) | Peony \Pe"o*ny\ (p[=e]"[-o]*n[y^]), n.; pl. Peonies
(p[=e]"[-o]*n[i^]z). [OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F.
pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. paiwni`a, fr. Pai`wn, Paia`n, the
god of healing. Cf. P[ae]an.] (Bot.)
A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus
P[ae]onia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the
rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in
cultivation. [Written also p[ae]ony, and piony.]
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Peonism
(gcide) | Peonism \Pe"on*ism\, n.
Same as Peonage. --D. Webster.
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Peony
(gcide) | Peony \Pe"o*ny\ (p[=e]"[-o]*n[y^]), n.; pl. Peonies
(p[=e]"[-o]*n[i^]z). [OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F.
pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. paiwni`a, fr. Pai`wn, Paia`n, the
god of healing. Cf. P[ae]an.] (Bot.)
A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus
P[ae]onia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the
rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in
cultivation. [Written also p[ae]ony, and piony.]
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tampeon
(gcide) | Tampion \Tam"pi*on\, n. [F. tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or
German origin. See Tap a pipe or plug, and cf. Tamp,
Tampop, Tompion.] [Written also tampeon, and
tompion.]
1. A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece
of ordnance, when not in use.
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2. (Mus.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
[1913 Webster]Tampeon \Tam"pe*on\, n.
See Tampion. --Farrow.
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Tampeon
(gcide) | Tampion \Tam"pi*on\, n. [F. tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or
German origin. See Tap a pipe or plug, and cf. Tamp,
Tampop, Tompion.] [Written also tampeon, and
tompion.]
1. A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece
of ordnance, when not in use.
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2. (Mus.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
[1913 Webster]Tampeon \Tam"pe*on\, n.
See Tampion. --Farrow.
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peonage
(wn) | peonage
n 1: the condition of a peon
2: the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until
the debt is discharged |
peony
(wn) | peony
n 1: any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy
single or double red or pink or white flowers [syn:
peony, paeony] |
peony family
(wn) | peony family
n 1: perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe
and North America [syn: Paeoniaceae, {family
Paeoniaceae}, peony family] |
PEONIA
(bouvier) | PEONIA, Spanish law. A portion of land which was formerly given to a simple
soldier, on the conquest of a country. It is now a quantity of land, of
different size in different provinces. In the Spanish possessions in
America, it measured fifty feet front and one hundred feet deep. 2 White's
Coll. 49; 12 Pet. 444, notes.
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