bond servant
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Partly because of the nature of the vice-presidency, mostly because of the President's approach to subordinates, the once irrepressible Humphrey may have become a bond servant of Lyndon Johnson.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Romance is told of a Colonial bond servant who becomes George Washington's nearest and dearest colonel.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a bond servant; he was permitted to compound his servitude by a daily payment; he was allowed to work partly for himself and partly for the crown, at the same moment.
From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by West, John
He had become the bond servant of his own passions.
From Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day by Brown, Charles Reynolds
If thy brother … be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant: but as an hired servant.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
