bondman
Americannoun
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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.
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Etymology
Origin of bondman
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English bonde man; see bond 2, man
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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
The scriptural Joseph had been sold as a bondman into Egypt; this little Joseph seemed to have been brought into the world to be a slave.
From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
It allowed the bondman a large amount of leisure, or time which he need not devote to his master's service; 2.
From Three Prize Essays on American Slavery by Baldwin, A.C.
He is not a bondman of any one's my lady, for he told me so himself.
From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John
Then the North reasoned and counselled with the South; endeavored to show them the great wrongs done to the bondman, and that the nation could not prosper under the terrible curse of slavery.
From The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South by Anonymous
In Canada, the bail system is largely predicated on community trust and connections and does not involve large cash deposits and commercial bail bondmen, as it does in many U.S. states.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2021
As was too often the case, a handful of nervous bondmen informed their masters of what was afoot.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2015
Retail bondmen complained of the small percentage of a security's selling price that they must work on.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the busiest underwriting week since 1929, bondmen offered $378 million of corporate and municipal bonds to an easy-money market that gulped the flotations and bid for more.
From Time Magazine Archive
If we had only the fragment relating to his nine bondmen, we might201 conclude perhaps that there was no certain tenure in the manor.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
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