bondman
Americannoun
plural
bondmen-
a male slave.
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a man bound to service without wages.
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Old English Law. a villein or other unfree tenant.
Etymology
Origin of bondman
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English bonde man; bond 2, man
Vocabulary lists containing bondman
Example Sentences
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In each case, “whatsoever one may do that is good, this he will receive from the Lord, whether he be a bondman or a freeman.”
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.
Even comfortable circumstances, which he apparently enjoyed, created in the Malmesbury bondman no satisfaction with his lot.
From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.
"Zercho is a Jazyge," said the bondman, rising and rubbing his bruised shins.
From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Dahn, Felix
It was really as Zercho the bondman had believed: Bissula had become the captive, not of Ausonius, but another; and his captive she remained.
From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Dahn, Felix
Instead it involved and assured for every bondman a full emancipation, and for every freeman full title forever to every unalienable right.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.
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