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; see bond 2, man
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Example Sentences
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Then the King caused the man whom he had found asleep to be brought forward, and he proved to be a bondman.
From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora
Judah came near to him, and said, O my Lord, let me abide a bondman instead of the lad.
From Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel by Couperus, Louis
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
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
Beulah, I will be a bondman no longer.
From Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro by Fowler, Charles H.
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