bondslave
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bondslave
Example Sentences
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Yet she said with great composure: "My lord and husband does not reprove even a bondslave without a hearing, how much less then, his wedded wife?"
From Undine by Bunnett, Fanny Elizabeth
Semifonte had been told of his bondslave, and Palamone's hour of triumph was at hand.
From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
Modern society has declared itself on the side of necessity: while acknowledging man preeminently free in his relations to others, it yet considers him as the bondslave of motives.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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
Despised bondslave, since my lord doth hate These locks, why keep I them or hold them dear?
From Jerusalem Delivered by Fairfax, Edward
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