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Webster 1913 Edition
Bondsman
Bonds′man
,Noun.
pl.
Bondsmen
. [or +
Bond
, Adj.
Noun.
man
.] 1.
A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman.
Carnal, greedy people, without such a precept, would have no mercy upon their poor
bondsmen
. Derham.
2.
(Law)
A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bondsman
BONDS'MAN
,Noun.
1.
A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another.