Definition of Bondman

1. Noun. A male bound to serve without wages.

Exact synonyms: Bondsman
Generic synonyms: Bond Servant

2. Noun. A male slave.
Exact synonyms: Bondsman
Generic synonyms: Slave

Definition of Bondman

1. n. A man slave, or one bound to service without wages.

Definition of Bondman

1. Noun. A man who is bound in servitude; a slave or serf. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bondman

1. a male slave [n BONDMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bondman

bonderize
bonders
bondholder
bondholders
bondholding
bondieuserie
bondieuseries
bonding
bonding jumper
bondings
bondless
bondmaid
bondmaiden
bondmaidens
bondmaids
bondman (current term)
bondmen
bonds
bondservant
bondservants
bondslave
bondslavery
bondslaves
bondsman
bondsmen
bondstone
bondstones
bondswoman
bondswomen
bonduc

Literary usage of Bondman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Economic History: Select Documents edited by Alfred Edward Bland (1919)
"GRANT OF A bondman {Duchy of Lancaster, Misc. Bits., 8, /. 81 dl 1358. To all who shall see or hear this writing, Geoffrey, by divine permission Abbot of ..."

2. Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Ballads and Romances by Thomas Percy, Frederick James Furnivall, John Wesley Hales (1868)
".JOHNSON'S definition of bondman is " a man slave. ... I do not find the word bondman in English till about 1250 AD, taking that as the date of the Owl and ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"... in the ' bondman,' Rameses —an original part—in Young's ' Busiris ' (7 March 1719), and Lai-rtrs followed, ..."

4. English Economic History: Select Documents edited by Alfred Edward Bland (1919)
"GRANT OF A bondman {Duchy of Lancaster, Misc. Bits., 8, /. 81 dl 1358. To all who shall see or hear this writing, Geoffrey, by divine permission Abbot of ..."

5. Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Ballads and Romances by Thomas Percy, Frederick James Furnivall, John Wesley Hales (1868)
".JOHNSON'S definition of bondman is " a man slave. ... I do not find the word bondman in English till about 1250 AD, taking that as the date of the Owl and ..."

6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"... in the ' bondman,' Rameses —an original part—in Young's ' Busiris ' (7 March 1719), and Lai-rtrs followed, ..."

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