PEON • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Peon

... most decidedly pleasant. I grew to speak Spanish fluently, haunted the town of Mazatlan (from which the Jamestown had long since departed), and made as good use generally of my temporary employment as was possible. I tried hard to master the patois of the peon as well as the flowery and eloquent language of the aristocracy, for I knew well that should I at any time seek employment as overseer at a rancho either in Mexico or Arizona, a knowledge of the former would be indispensable, while a knowledge of the latter ...

— Arizona's Yesterday - Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer • John H. Cady

... the envelope and addressed it as the president had told him, he went down to the patio and found a peon talking to ...

— The Buccaneer Farmer - Published In England Under The Title "Askew's Victory" • Harold Bindloss