Meaning of BONDSMAN
| Pronunciation: | | 'bândzmun
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- [n] a male slave
- [n] a male bound to serve without wages
- [n] someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else
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| | Synonyms: | | bondman, bondswoman |
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| | See Also: | | benefactor, bond servant, helper, slave | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bonds"man\, n.; pl. {Bondsmen}. [Bond, a. or n. +
man.]
1. A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman.
Carnal, greedy people, without such a precept, would
have no mercy upon their poor bondsmen. --Derham.
2. (Law) A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security,
for another.
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| | Related Terms: | | bailsman, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondswoman, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl, concubine, debt slave, galley slave, godfather, godparent, guarantee, guarantor, guaranty, helot, homager, insurer, liege, liege man, liege subject, mainpernor, mortgagor, odalisque, peon, serf, servant, slave, sponsor, subject, surety, theow, thrall, underwriter, vassal, villein, warrantor |
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