bondwoman
noun
a female slave.
bondwomen
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pluralof bondwoman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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So he awarded to Socht the price of seven bondwomen as blood-fine for the slaying of Angus, and restitution of the sword to Socht.
From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Stephen Reid
Even their bondwomen still spoke a foreign dialect, and commerce with them was mainly by signs.
From The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable by Sir Hall Caine
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
But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
From The Doré Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Volume 4 by Gustave Doré
Were I proved thrice a slave And waif of bondwomen, you still are noble.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
