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bondslave

American  
[bond-sleyv] / ˈbɒndˌsleɪv /

noun

  1. a person held in bondage.


Etymology

Origin of bondslave

First recorded in 1555–65; bond 2 + slave

Example Sentences

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If I do offend, Pray you forgive the bondslave, for her tongue Is for her mistress.

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean

He had once been a bondslave among Norsemen, and had known Olaf's father, King Triggvi, whom Olaf personally resembled.

From Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age by Leighton, Robert

PHW #28 228 “O bondslave of the world! ... returned whence it came.”

From The Summons of the Lord of Hosts by Bahá'u'lláh

Have ruth on one distraught, the bondslave of your love, Sorry      and sick and full of longings ever new.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by Payne, John

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

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