n. [ Sp. peon, or Pg. pe&unr_;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 ]

Peonage

n. The condition of a peon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Peonism

n. Same as Peonage. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

Peony

n.; pl. Peonies [ OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F. pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. paiwni`a, fr. Pai`wn, Paia`n, the god of healing. Cf. Pæan. ] (Bot.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus Pæonia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation. [ Written also pæony, and piony. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

peonage

(n) the condition of a peon

peonage

(n) the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged

peony

(n) any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers, Syn. paeony

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牡丹

[牡丹, mǔ dān] peony (type of flower) #11442

牡丹坊

[牡丹坊, mǔ dān fāng] Peony Lane #216137

牡丹亭

[牡丹亭, mǔ dān tíng] Peony pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 湯顯祖|汤显祖, See Also: 湯顯祖, 汤显祖

牡丹卡

[牡丹卡, mǔ dan kǎ] Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China)

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花王

[かおう, kaou] (n) peony; king of flowers; (P) #13519

牡丹

[ぼたん;ボタン, botan ; botan] (n) (1) (uk) tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; (2) wild boar (meat) #15494

牡丹皮

[ぼたんぴ, botanpi] (n) peony root bark

冬牡丹

[ふゆぼたん, fuyubotan] (n) Paeonia suffrutticosa; tree peony

宝冠牡丹章

[ほうかんぼたんしょう, houkanbotanshou] (n) Order of the Precious Crown, Peony

芍薬

[しゃくやく;シャクラク, shakuyaku ; shakuraku] (n) (uk) Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)

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