The difference between Peasant and Peon
When used as nouns, peasant means a member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture, whereas peon means a lowly person.
check bellow for the other definitions of Peasant and Peon
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Peasant as a noun:
A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.
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Peasant as a noun:
A country person.
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Peasant as a noun (pejorative):
An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.
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Peasant as a noun (strategy games):
A worker unit.
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Peon as a noun:
A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
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Peon as a noun (figurative):
A person of low rank or importance.
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Peon as a noun (India, historical):
A messenger, foot soldier, or native policeman.