peonism

English

Etymology

peon +‎ -ism

Noun

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

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

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