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
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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
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 Robert Leighton
Then went the bondmaid home, and told Sigrun, and sang— BONDMAID: Go out, Sigrun From Sevafell, If thou listest to look on The lord of thy people!
From The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda by William Morris
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 Marion Forster Gilmore
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
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