bondman
noun
a male slave.
bondmen
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pluralof bondman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
Retail bondmen complained of the small percentage of a security's selling price that they must work on.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their remonstrances were answered by the counties to the effect that Providence had willed it so that some men should be kings, others nobles, and others again bondmen.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
