bondman
Americannoun
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a male slave.
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a man bound to service without wages.
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Old English Law. a villein or other unfree tenant.
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bondman
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English bonde man; see bond 2, man
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Example Sentences
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But when he comes to the Methodist Episcopal Church, largest U. S. Protestant denomination, Bondman Bitting begins to splutter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Good examples of this fact are to be found in The Bondman and The Emperor of the East.
From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.
Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give; And in the light of truth thy Bondman let me live.
From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various
Of The Bondman Monck Mason says: “I don't recollect any play whatsoever that begins or ends in a manner so pleasing, uncommon, and striking.”
From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.
The best instances of this expedient are to be found in The Unnatural Combat and The Bondman.
From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.
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