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Webster 1913 Edition

Bondman

Bond′man

(-man)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Bondmen
(-men)
.
[
Bond
,
Adj.
or
Noun.
+
man
.]
1.
A man slave, or one bound to service without wages.
“To enfranchise bondmen.”
Macaulay.
2.
(Old Eng. Law)
A villain, or tenant in villenage.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bondman

BOND'MAN

,
Noun.
[bond and man.] A man slave, or one bound to service without wages. In old English law, a villain, or tenant in villenage.

Definition 2024

bondman

bondman

English

Noun

bondman ‎(plural bondmen)

  1. A man who is bound in servitude; a slave or serf.

Translations

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Etymology

bond +‎ -man

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