bondman

[ bond-muhn ]
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noun,plural bond·men.
  1. a male slave.

  2. a man bound to service without wages.

  1. Old English Law. a villein or other unfree tenant.

Origin of bondman

1
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English bonde man; see bond2, man

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