peonism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

peon +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

peonism (uncountable)

  1. peonage
    • March 7 1850, Daniel Webster, speech delivered in the Senate
      I understand that peonism, a sort of penal servitude, exists there, or rather a sort of voluntary sale of a man and his offspring for debt

References[edit]

peonism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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