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panyars

panyars is the third-person singular simple present indicative of panyar.

Meaning of panyar

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.

Questions about panyars

What is panyars the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Panyars is the third-person singular simple present indicative of panyar.

Words near panyars in the dictionary

  1. panyar
  2. panyard
  3. panyards
  4. panyarred
  5. panyarring
  6. panyars
  7. panyas
  8. Panyjima
  9. panym
  10. panyms
  11. Panytyima

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