bondswoman

How to use bondswoman in a sentence

• In commemoration of the sacrifice by Abraham, according to the Koran, of Ishmael, child of his bondswoman.

  Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander Gordon

• Still the laws of the Republic made woman practically the bondswoman of man.

  Creed And Deed | Felix Adler

• In the preface to The bondswoman's Son he confesses that he has sometimes wondered if he has incarnated different personalities.

  August Strindberg, the Spirit of Revolt | L. (Lizzy) Lind-af-Hageby

• A penance of seven years was imposed for perjury, with the additional penalty of setting free a bondsman or bondswoman.

  Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum | John Healy

• It is possible for a woman to fulfil a bond and yet not be a bondswoman.

  Green Fire | Fiona Macleod