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Meaning of "peonage" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PEONAGE

peonage  [ˈpiːənɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEONAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Peonage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PEONAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

peonage

Peon

Peonage was a type of involuntary servitude of laborers having little control over their employment conditions. Peonage existed historically during the colonial period, especially in Latin America and areas of Spanish rule.

Definition of peonage in the English dictionary

The definition of peonage in the dictionary is the state of being a peon. Other definition of peonage is a system in which a debtor must work for his creditor until the debt is paid off.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEONAGE


alienage
ˈeɪljənɪdʒ
apanage
ˈæpənɪdʒ
appanage
ˈæpənɪdʒ
baronage
ˈbærənɪdʒ
cartonage
ˈkɑːt ənɪdʒ
commonage
ˈkɒmənɪdʒ
cousinage
ˈkʌz ənɪdʒ
cozenage
ˈkʌz ənɪdʒ
gallonage
ˈɡælənɪdʒ
orphanage
ˈɔːfənɪdʒ
parsonage
ˈpɑːsənɪdʒ
patronage
ˈpætrənɪdʒ
personage
ˈpɜːsənɪdʒ
siphonage
ˈsaɪfənɪdʒ
Stevenage
ˈstiːvənɪdʒ
vicinage
ˈvɪsənɪdʒ
villanage
ˈvɪlənɪdʒ
villeinage
ˈvɪlənɪdʒ
villenage
ˈvɪlənɪdʒ
wagonage
ˈwæɡənɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEONAGE

peon
peonies
peonism
peony
people
people carrier
people mover
people power
people skills
people trafficking
People´s Commissar
people´s democracy
People´s Democratic Republic of Laos
People´s Democratic Republic of Yemen
People´s Dispensary for Sick Animals
people´s front
people´s panel
People´s Party
People´s Republic of China
peoplehood

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEONAGE

bertillonage
carnage
chaperonage
coinage
counterespionage
cranage
dragoonage
drainage
espionage
industrial espionage
manage
matronage
nonage
signage
squarsonage
tamponage
tannage
teenage
tonnage
voisinage

Synonyms and antonyms of peonage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «peonage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PEONAGE

Find out the translation of peonage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of peonage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «peonage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

劳务偿债
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

peonaje
570 millions of speakers

English

peonage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दास्ता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عمل السخرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кабала
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

peonagem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গোলামি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

péonage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peonage
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leibeigenschaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

日雇い労働者の身分
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

peonage
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peonage
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự ở để trừ nợ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அலுவலகத்தில், செய்தி எடுத்துச் செல்பவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोहिनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kölelik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

peonage
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

peonage
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кабала
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

peonage
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποδούλωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

daglonerskap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

peonage
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

peonage
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of peonage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEONAGE»

The term «peonage» is normally little used and occupies the 111.793 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PEONAGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «peonage» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «peonage» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about peonage

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEONAGE»

Discover the use of peonage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peonage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Shadow of Slavery: Peonage in the South, 1901-1969
The Shadow of Slavery argues that peonage has been an important and continuing theme in the history of postbellum southern labor.
Pete Daniel, 1990
2
Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-class History
Historians have long debated the extent of the southern peonage system in the late nineteenth century. Some argue that the tenant system did not operate to the detriment of African- Americans in some areas of the South. The evidence is clear  ...
Eric Arnesen, 2007
3
A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and America
Fruits of peonage. New Repub 26:223-4 Ap 20 1921. Georgia declares war on peonage. Lit Digest 69:17-18 My 14 1921. Georgia's death farm. Lit Digest 69:13- 14 Ap 16 1921. Goings-on in Georgia. Ind 105:555-6 My 28 1921. Same cond.
‎1998
4
Dark Journey: Black Mississippians in the Age of Jim Crow
Yet peonage and even de facto slavery were not uncommon in Mississippi and elsewhere in the lower South.123 Involuntary servitude flourished from time to time in the southern turpentine, sawmilling, and railroad industries, but most ...
Neil R. McMillen, 1990
5
The Lineaments of Wrath: Race, Violent Crime, and American ...
F.G. Tate to the Attorney General, August 15, 1910, Peonage Files (microfilm), reel no. 15, 898-899. 26. Debt peonage in America did not originate in the South. In 1 867, Congress passed the Anti-Peonage Act that was a direct response to ...
James W. Clarke
6
Slavery in the Modern World: A History of Political, Social, ...
Peonage is a type of forced labor in which a creditor compels another person to work for him or her until the debtor, whether peon or third party, repays the debt. A person may pledge himself or herself to a creditor, or a third party may give ...
Junius P. Rodriguez, 2011
7
The Way it was in the South: The Black Experience in Georgia
But the Supreme Court did rule peonage illegal, theoretically invalidating Georgia's contract labor law. As a matter of practice, peonage continued. Speer, the former Independent politician, was an unusual man to grace the Southern bench at ...
Donald Lee Grant, Jonathan Grant, 1993
8
Tapping the Pines: The Naval Stores Industry in the American ...
First, recently appointed U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte announced his intention to continue his department's attack on peonage. Second, Mary Grace Quackenbos was appointed assistant U.S. attorney to help in prosecuting  ...
Robert B. Outland, 2004
9
Encyclopedia of Populism in America
Peonage represented a controllable workforce of uneducated and poor laborers, mostly Indians, compelled to work off debts to their creditors through labor. Peonage was a response to the demands of a rapidly growing settlement based on ...
Alexandra Kindell, Elizabeth S. Demers, Elizabeth S. Demers Ph.D., 2014
10
The Crisis
(Continued from page 219) ended in the indictment of William T. Cunningham and Hamilton McWhorter on charges of "conspiracy to retain and hold Negroes in a condition of peonage and slavery." A federal Grand Jury in an 11 -page ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEONAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term peonage is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Greek Austerity and Its Resemblance to African Debt Peonage
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras looks on during a session at the Greek parliament prior to the vote in Athens on Wednesday, July 22. «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
2
$1.5 Quadrillion Derivatives Time Bomb
Financial predators entrap small/weak nations into unrepayable debt peonage like Greece, bleed them dry, and thirdworldize developed ones ... «The Market Oracle, Jul 15»
3
Sandra Bland's American tragedy: How a country's vicious history …
... Ku Klux Klan, racial pogroms, ethnic cleansing, debt peonage, and the indignity of Jim and Jane Crow — for the improved opportunities they ... «Salon, Jul 15»
4
Human trafficking is hidden in plain sight, even in Wisconsin
... through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purposes of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery. «hngnews.com, Jul 15»
5
Former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn Blasts Greek Bailout Deal
Greece is Exhibit A for how America, Germany and France prey on weak ones – entrapping them in debt peonage, raping and pillaging them ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
6
Matt McGorry Had The Perfect Response to People Who Support …
... and a demand for equality, for the right to live free of constraint, but also a chant that links the history of slavery, of debt peonage, segregation, ... «Mic, Jul 15»
7
Syriza's Hapless and Sad Betrayal of Hope Follows Long Greek Left …
... while unemployment rates reached stratospheric levels (over 25 percent) and put the country into a "legal" state of permanent debt peonage. «Truth-Out, Jul 15»
8
Greece: Approving Its Own Death Sentence
... economic insanity - creating even greater debt peonage impossible to resolve without defaulting or demanding creditors take major haircuts. «The People's Voice, Jul 15»
9
Greece: Approving Its Own Economic Death Sentence
... economic insanity – creating even greater debt peonage impossible to resolve without defaulting or demanding creditors take major haircuts. «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
10
Bullied into capitulation by Europe's new hegemon
... Germany shivers at the thought of a Greek debt writeoff, preferring apparently to have Greece in a legal state of permanent debt peonage. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Peonage [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/peonage>. Apr 2024 ».
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