peon

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.

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

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

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

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