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bondman

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bond·man  (bndmn)
n.
A male bondservant.
[Middle English, from bonde, serf; see bondage.]
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Noun1.bondman - a male bound to serve without wages
bondsman
bond servant - someone bound to labor without wages
2.bondman - a male slave
bondsman
slave - a person who is owned by someone


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And so soon as you have safely stored all your stuff indoors, I bid you put your bondman out of doors and look out for a servant-girl with no children; -- for a servant with a child to nurse is troublesome.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
I should have said that you were one of those who should wash well, eat well, and lie soft at night as old men have a right to do; but tell me, and tell me true, whose bondman are you, and in whose garden are you working?
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
cried Polly, defiantly, for her wrath burned hotly against Trix, though she blessed her for setting the bondman free.
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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