bond servant
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Partly because of the nature of the vice-presidency, mostly because of the President's approach to subordinates, the once irrepressible Humphrey may have become a bond servant of Lyndon Johnson.
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The Romance is told of a Colonial bond servant who becomes George Washington's nearest and dearest colonel.
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Even the bond servant, according to St. Paul, is not to be deprived of his moral dignity, but is to be treated as under God a serving brother.
From The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities by Osgood, Samuel
If thy brother … be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant: but as an hired servant.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
John Mason, the former bond servant, still remained with him; and made a most efficient and trustworthy foreman.
From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Holt, Mathew Joseph