bondman

[ bond-muhn ]

/ ˈbɒnd mən /

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noun, plural bond·men.

a male slave.

a man bound to service without wages.

Old English Law. a villein or other unfree tenant.

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Also bondsman.

Origin of bondman

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English bonde man; see bond², man

Words nearby bondman

Bondi, Bondi Beach, bond immunization, bonding, bondmaid, bondman, bond market, bond paper, Bonds, bond servant, bondslave

How to use bondman in a sentence

In those States, the bondman is disfranchised, and for the most part so are we.
The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States|Martin R. Delany
Is it nothing that they have fallen, and yet such a wrong that the fetters of the bondman should fall?
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864|Various
If he has a name, As soon as spoken, 'tis writ on my heart I am his bondman.
The Plays of Philip Massinger|Philip Massinger
If a bondman or slave kills another by his master's command, whether he ought to be punished for the same?
The Buke of the Order of Knyghthood|Ramon Llull

Then the King caused the man whom he had found asleep to be brought forward, and he proved to be a bondman.
Stories and Ballads of the Far Past|Nora Kershaw