bondmaid

American  

[bond-meyd] / 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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He pronounced the decree, and laid upon the bondmaid, and not upon his noble boy, the provision for the journey.

From Notable Women of Olden Time by Anonymous

The curtain, rising, discovers a bondmaid in the center of a spacious court, filling her pitcher at the fountain.

From Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems by Gilmore, Marion Forster

The bondmaid will go ere she is driven out.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 by Various

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