bondman

Example Sentences

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

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

"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 Dahn, Felix

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 Baldwin, A.C.

Any agreement with a bondman led to a forfeiture of the lord's rights.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

Then the King caused the man whom he had found asleep to be brought forward, and he proved to be a bondman.

From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora