bondman
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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
Instead it involved and assured for every bondman a full emancipation, and for every freeman full title forever to every unalienable right.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. Beardslee
It was really as Zercho the bondman had believed: Bissula had become the captive, not of Ausonius, but another; and his captive she remained.
From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Felix Dahn
"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
But brutes are more loyal than human beings: often, very often, Bruna seeks my little maid and Zercho the bondman.
From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Felix Dahn
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
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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
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For, although the warrior did not employ himself in any field labour, he insisted upon his household cultivating his ground, and his bondmen had to pay a tribute in corn and cattle.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Gustav Freytag