redemptioner

[ ri-demp-shuh-ner ]

noun

, American History.

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

redemptioner

/ rɪˈdɛmpʃənə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of redemptioner¹

First recorded in 1765–75; redemption + -er ¹

Example Sentences

And if my father came out a redemptioner, and worked his way, so had old Mr. Dulany.

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No taint was apparently attached to it, and many a worthy family had a "redemptioner" for its first American ancestor.

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Why did I leave my father's house to take you, a poor redemptioner just out of your time?

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That's Black Jim Lewis, that stole me away from home and sold me for a redemptioner.

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Mr. Quimby bought him at the wharf out of a redemptioner ship.

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