peon

Example Sentences

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During the same press conference in Dhaka, she said she had taken action against a household assistant – or peon - after he allegedly amassed $34 million.

From BBC

Not afraid but brave, not weak but empowered, not peons but partners.

From Los Angeles Times

“He was the highest-paid actor in the world. I was a peon.”

From Los Angeles Times

The message couldn't be clearer: there's a strict hierarchy here, and you peons in the middle are at the absolute bottom.

From Scientific American

It's less clear whether that translates into sympathy for the peons who raided the Capitol at Trump's bidding.

From Salon