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‖ pieton Obs. [OF. pieton (F. piéton) foot-soldier, f. L. type *peditō-nem.] A foot-soldier.
1474Caxton Chesse iii. i. E j b, I shal begynne first at the first pawn,..they be al named pietons that is as moche to say as footmen. 1550J. Coke Eng. & Fr. Heralds §91 (1877) 85, .iiiim. men of armes, and a great nombre of pietons. |