bondmaid

[bond-meyd]

noun

1. a female slave.

2. a woman bound to service without wages.

bondmaid

/ ˈbɒndˌmeɪd /

noun

1. an unmarried female serf or slave

Word History and Origins

Origin of bondmaid¹

First recorded in 1520–30; bond ² + maid

Example Sentences

Said Duffy to the King, ‘Wilt thou buy a bondmaid, namely, my daughter?’ says he.

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Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

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

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Its literal meaning is bondmaid, whose equivalent was reckoned at three cows.

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"Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids."—Leviticus xxv.

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