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peonage

/ˈpiːənɪdʒ/

peonage noun: the state of being a peon; the system of paying back debt through servitude and labour; loosely, any system of involuntary servitude.

Noun

peonage (plural peonages)

  1. The state of being a peon; the system of paying back debt through servitude and labour; loosely, any system of involuntary servitude.
    • But there was work to be done down in the Salinas Valley where César Chávez was organizing the grape pickers and lettuce workers out of their state of un-unionized peonage.2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 217
    • "It wasn't just the crowds," Luis said softly. "I saw with my own eyes that Díaz's México is a Potemkin village, Miguel. The México profundo where the poor are so hungry they eat grass and bark. I met Indians whose land is being devoured by Díaz's cronies, entire towns swallowed up, and the people...2014, Michael Nava, The City of Palaces, Terrace Books, page 191

peonage meaning in Bengali

peonage in Bengali

একজন পিওন হওয়ার অবস্থা, স্থূলভাবে, যেকোনো ধরণের বাধ্যতামূলক দাসত্ব

Forms of peonage

pluralpeonages

Origin of peonage

From peon + -age.

Words formed from peonage

Questions about peonage

What does peonage mean?
Peonage means the state of being a peon; the system of paying back debt through servitude and labour; loosely, any system of involuntary servitude.
What is peonage in Bengali?
Peonage in Bengali is একজন পিওন হওয়ার অবস্থা, স্থূলভাবে, যেকোনো ধরণের বাধ্যতামূলক দাসত্ব. See Peonage meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is peonage?
Peonage is a noun.
How do you pronounce peonage?
Peonage is pronounced /ˈpiːənɪdʒ/ (UK).
What is the plural of peonage?
The plural of peonage is peonages.

Words near peonage in the dictionary

  1. Penzas
  2. penzhinite
  3. PEO
  4. peo.
  5. peon
  6. peonage
  7. peonages
  8. peones
  9. peonidin
  10. peonidins
  11. peonies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: peonage (page history and authors); peonage (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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