Definition of Peones

1. peon [n] - See also: peon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peones

penurious
penuriously
penuriousness
penuriousnesses
penurities
penurity
penury
penwiper
penwipers
penwoman
penwomen
penzhinite
peon
peonage
peonages
peones (current term)
peonies
peonism
peonisms
peons
peony
peony family
peonylike
people
people's army
people's mic
people's microphone
people-first language
people carrier
people carriers

Literary usage of Peones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels on the Western Slope of the Mexican Cordillera: In the Form of Fifty by Cincinnatus (1857)
"... 1856—General Review and Parade also the next Day—Thoughts as to them —Relations of peones to Citizens—Their Slave-like appearance—Pittances paid to the ..."

2. Travels in Various Parts of Peru: Including a Year's Residence in Potosi by Edmond Temple (1830)
"85 Two peones, at 65 dollars each . . 130 One peone, at 60 dollars ... 60 Three peones, at 60 dollars each . . 150 Three peones, at 45 dollars each . .135 ..."

3. Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon & Andes: Being Records of Travel on the by Richard Spruce, Alfred Russel Wallace (1908)
"All the manual labour is performed by the latter—the peones (pawns ! ... The comisarios of pueblos appoint among the peones one as captain and another as ..."

4. Latin America by William Robert Shepherd (1914)
"In the republics where the Indians are numerous the wages of the “peones,” or common laborers, are often ridiculously small, and may consist in scarcely ..."

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