peon

peon

noun

Definition of PEON

a person who does very hard or dull work <the company had plenty of low-paying positions for people who were content to be peons all their lives>

Synonyms dogsbody [chiefly British], drone, drudge, drudger, fag, foot soldier, grub, grubber, grunt, laborer, peon, plugger, slavey, slogger, toiler, worker

Related Words workhorse; coolie, serf

Near Antonyms goldbrick, shirker; drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, sluggard