Synonyms

bondwoman

American

[bond-woom-uhn] / ˈbɒndˌwʊm ən /

noun

a female slave.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

bondwomen

plural

Etymology

Origin of bondwoman

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English bonde womman; see bond ², woman

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The bondwoman in question was Elizabeth, or Bett for short, or sometimes even Mum Bett.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2015

In this time a witch came to town as a bondwoman to the wool merchant's widow.

From Time Magazine Archive

This new order of things disgusted him, and he howled dismally for ‘Marmar’, as his angry passions subsided, and recollections of his tender bondwoman returned to the captive autocrat.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Wherefore, we read that Sarah demanded of Abraham, "Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with my son."

From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert G. Mackey

Ser'vius was the son of a bondwoman, who had been taken at the sacking of a town belonging to the Latins, and was born whilst his mother was a slave.

From Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. by William Pinnock

This is shown by the very words of the Law, where we read: "If any man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont to go out."

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas

Under green apple-boughs That never a storm will rouse, My lady hath her house Between two bowers; In either of the twain Red roses full of rain; She hath for bondwomen All kind of flowers.

From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Algernon Charles Swinburne

"The milch-kine and the bondwomen of the booty he shall have, and for him to hold back his staff-sling from the hosts, for not pleasant is the thunder-feat he works every evening upon them."

From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Joseph Dunn

Ali was saying, "Father, those dogs and thieves of tentmen and muleteers returned yesterday, and said—" And the bondwomen were crying, "Sidi, you were right when you went away!"

From The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable by Sir Hall Caine

It was the voice of those who had been bondmen and bondwomen, and the grand diapason swept up from the coming ages.

From Luke Walton by Horatio Alger

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