redemptioner

[ ri-demp-shuh-ner ]

/ rɪˈdɛmp ʃə nər /

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noun American History.

an emigrant from Europe to America who obtained passage by becoming an indentured servant for a specified period of time.

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Origin of redemptioner

First recorded in 1765–75; redemption + -er¹

Words nearby redemptioner

redeliver, redemand, red emperor, redemption, redemption center, redemptioner, redemption yield, redemptive, Redemptorist, redemptory, Red Ensign

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How to use redemptioner in a sentence

And if my father came out a redemptioner, and worked his way, so had old Mr. Dulany.
Richard Carvel, Complete|Winston Churchill
No taint was apparently attached to it, and many a worthy family had a "redemptioner" for its first American ancestor.
The Land We Live In|Henry Mann
Why did I leave my father's house to take you, a poor redemptioner just out of your time?
Duffels|Edward Eggleston
That's Black Jim Lewis, that stole me away from home and sold me for a redemptioner.
Duffels|Edward Eggleston

Mr. Quimby bought him at the wharf out of a redemptioner ship.
Pencil Sketches|Eliza Leslie

British Dictionary definitions for redemptioner

redemptioner

/ (rɪˈdɛmpʃənə) /

noun

history an emigrant to Colonial America who paid for his passage by becoming an indentured servant

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