bondman

Example Sentences

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

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

A freeman is one who tills his own land, and is no man's vassal or bondman.

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

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

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 Broughton, Rhoda

Sinson took very good care, in the disquietude of his suspicious temper, that his bondman should not be left in the way of temptation.

From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy