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bondman

[bond-muhn] / ˈbɒnd mən /




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The scriptural Joseph had been sold as a bondman into Egypt; this little Joseph seemed to have been brought into the world to be a slave.

From A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

"I think you are in love with that tall bondman of the Saxon chieftain's, Jeannette."

From The Last of the Vikings by John Bowling

"Are you perfectly sure," asked Adalo, seizing the bondman by the shoulder and forcing him to turn his averted face, "that this horseman was the old Roman?"

From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Felix Dahn

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

Retail bondmen complained of the small percentage of a security's selling price that they must work on.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

It respected the sanctity of the conjugal and parental relations, when existing among bondmen, and did not authorize a compulsory severing of family ties; 6.

From Three Prize Essays on American Slavery by A.C. Baldwin


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