English Explanatory Dictionary

panyar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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.

Word forms

panyar panyars panyarring panyarred
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