bondmaid

American  

[bond-mayd] / ˈbɒndˌmeɪd /

noun

1. a female slave.

2. a woman bound to service without wages.

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bondmaid British  

/ ˈbɒndˌmeɪd /

noun

1. an unmarried female serf or slave

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Etymology

Origin of bondmaid

First recorded in 1520–30; bond ² + maid

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Example Sentences

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bondmaid

Her heroine, pretty Chinese bondmaid Peony, is in the service of a wealthy Jewish family, the Ezras.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Much cause have I. A bondmaid 'mid thy people am I."

From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Joseph Dunn

Enow of gold there, where a very bondmaid bore it!

From The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda by William Morris

Then a wife you shall be, my honey, though a friend or a bondmaid is equally good Scripture, to say nothing of simplicity.

From The Forest Lovers by Maurice Henry Hewlett

For it is written, that Abraham had two Sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman.

From The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old by George Bethune English

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