bond servant
or bond-servant
a person who serves in bondage; slave.
a person bound to service without wages.
Origin of bond servant
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How to use bond servant in a sentence
The consciousness of being no longer a bond-servant sweetens all my toils.
Haydn | J. Cuthbert HaddenThe free man is more alert to obligation, more conscientious in performance, than the bond servant.
Mobilizing Woman-Power | Harriot Stanton BlatchShe asked not to be acknowledged as his parent, but only to live with him, even as a bond servant, if he willed it.
Malaeska | Ann S. StephensThe man who marries a woman for her money is a white slave, a bond servant, a travesty on manhood.
The Widow | Helen RowlandHe was to all intents and purposes bond servant to an enemy of his country.
Anthony Trent, Master Criminal | Wyndham Martyn
British Dictionary definitions for bondservant
/ (ˈbɒndˌsɜːvənt) /
a serf or slave
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