bond servant

American  

Or bond-servant

noun

1. a person who serves in bondage; slave.

2. a person bound to service without wages.

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Etymology

Origin of bond servant

First recorded in 1525–35

Example Sentences

The Romance is told of a Colonial bond servant who becomes George Washington's nearest and dearest colonel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Partly because of the nature of the vice-presidency, mostly because of the President's approach to subordinates, the once irrepressible Humphrey may have become a bond servant of Lyndon Johnson.

From Time Magazine Archive

If thy brother … be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant: but as an hired servant.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

John Mason, the former bond servant, still remained with him; and made a most efficient and trustworthy foreman.

From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Holt, Mathew Joseph

He was a bond servant; he was permitted to compound his servitude by a daily payment; he was allowed to work partly for himself and partly for the crown, at the same moment.

From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by West, John