bondmaid
Americannoun
-
a female slave.
-
a woman bound to service without wages.
noun
Etymology
Origin of bondmaid
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Her heroine, pretty Chinese bondmaid Peony, is in the service of a wealthy Jewish family, the Ezras.
From Time Magazine Archive
He saw in it an explanation of why he had been drawn in affection towards Aasta, and why, in spite of her having been a bondmaid, he had recognized that she was of gentle blood.
From The Thirsty Sword by Leighton, Robert
But while resenting that the courtliness of his wife had been accused in the midnight gossip of guest, he found that her mother had been a bondmaid.
From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus
But he who was of the bondmaid was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Orr, Charles Ebert
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
