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panyar

panyar verb: to seize and hold (a person) until the repayment of a debt or resolution of a dispute, common along the Atlantic coast of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Verb

panyar (third-person singular simple present panyars, present participle panyarring, simple past and past participle panyarred)

  1. (historical, transitive) To seize and hold (a person) until the repayment of a debt or resolution of a dispute, common along the Atlantic coast of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Forms of panyar

third-person singular presentpanyars
present participlepanyarring
past participlepanyarred
pastpanyarred

Questions about panyar

What does panyar mean?
Panyar means to seize and hold (a person) until the repayment of a debt or resolution of a dispute, common along the Atlantic coast of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
What part of speech is panyar?
Panyar is a verb.
What is the past tense of panyar?
The past tense of panyar is panyarred.

Words near panyar in the dictionary

  1. panwoman
  2. panwomen
  3. panya
  4. panya route
  5. panya routes
  6. panyar
  7. panyard
  8. panyards
  9. panyarred
  10. panyarring
  11. panyars

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