bondman
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He has been so long a bondman, the irons have cut so deeply into his flesh, that on first coming out into God's good light he staggers blindly as one drunk.
From Doctor Cupid by Rhoda Broughton
A freeman is one who tills his own land, and is no man's vassal or bondman.
From The Last of the Vikings by John Bowling
It allowed the bondman a large amount of leisure, or time which he need not devote to his master's service; 2.
From Three Prize Essays on American Slavery by A.C. Baldwin
And therefore I pray thee, O my lord, let me abide a bondman, and let the lad go up with his brethren.
From Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel by Louis Couperus
He is not a bondman of any one's my lady, for he told me so himself.
From The Last of the Vikings by John Bowling
In Canada, the bail system is largely predicated on community trust and connections and does not involve large cash deposits and commercial bail bondmen, as it does in many U.S. states.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2021
As was too often the case, a handful of nervous bondmen informed their masters of what was afoot.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2015
In the busiest underwriting week since 1929, bondmen offered $378 million of corporate and municipal bonds to an easy-money market that gulped the flotations and bid for more.
From Time Magazine Archive
Retail bondmen complained of the small percentage of a security's selling price that they must work on.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to the decree of King Ethelred, public punishments were to be mild, and death sentences were seldom to be passed; but the sovereign’s wishes had no effect upon the treatment of bondmen.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
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