bondman
Example Sentences
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No, my pretty one, I have never been a bondman; and, what is more, I never shall.
From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John
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 Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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 Couperus, Louis
"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
If having no wife is to be free, you can hardly call him a bondman.
From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)