bondslave
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bondslave
Example Sentences
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Now for the first time he realized that during all that past time, when he had been living as a poor and wretched bondslave in Esthonia, he had held this glorious birthright.
From Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age by Leighton, Robert
You are his bondslave, but not I by Pan!
From Theocritus, translated into English Verse by Theocritus
Hitherto I have been driven with revolt to what I would not; I was a bondslave to poverty, driven and scourged.
From Short Stories for English Courses by Mikels, Rosa Mary Redding
She amuses herself––poor little bondslave, who has only changed masters!
From The Bondwoman by Ryan, Marah Ellis
Do but say his horse stales with a good presence, and he's your bondslave.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various
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