bondmaid
Americannoun
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a female slave.
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a woman bound to service without wages.
noun
Etymology
Origin of bondmaid
Example Sentences
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Her heroine, pretty Chinese bondmaid Peony, is in the service of a wealthy Jewish family, the Ezras.
From Time Magazine Archive
The love of a long life might well thrust aside the passion of a few months, and Sarah, contemned by her bondmaid, is more worthy of pity than Hagar, in my eyes.'
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 by Various
Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Dods, Marcus
Who am I That thou shouldst send my bondmaid gifts to take?
From The Story of Nefrekepta from a demotic papyrus by Murray, Gilbert
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman.
From The first New Testament printed in English by
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