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
Fiercely agitated by such thoughts, he sent the bondman, who was crouching beside the fire, to the tent.
From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Felix Dahn
The bondman dwelt with his wife and child near his master in special huts, which were erected on the land that was allotted to him for cultivation.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Gustav Freytag
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
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
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
The bondmen, or villeins, were probably of the same social standing as those known as drenges, the Cliffords having very many drengage tenements in various parts of their Sheriffwick.
From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Daniel Scott
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