bondman

If having no wife is to be free, you can hardly call him a bondman.

From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

Even against his lord the bondman had some standing ground for a civil action.

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

Even comfortable circumstances, which he apparently enjoyed, created in the Malmesbury bondman no satisfaction with his lot.

From Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton

It is always important to decide whether a bondman is in the seisin of his lord or not, and the chief means to show it is to trace his connexion with the territorial lordship.

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

A fire was indeed coming—was already kindled—which was to set the bondman free: and God was in the fire.

From Cudjo's Cave by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge

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

What reader of the Bible can fail to remember the sorrows of the children of Israel, when they were bondmen under Pharaoh in Egypt, or under Philistines in Canaan?

From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by John Charles Ryle