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View synonyms for bond servant

bond servant

or bond-servant

noun

  1. a person who serves in bondage; slave.
  2. a person bound to service without wages.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bond servant1

First recorded in 1525–35
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Example Sentences

The consciousness of being no longer a bond-servant sweetens all my toils.

The free man is more alert to obligation, more conscientious in performance, than the bond servant.

She asked not to be acknowledged as his parent, but only to live with him, even as a bond servant, if he willed it.

The man who marries a woman for her money is a white slave, a bond servant, a travesty on manhood.

He was to all intents and purposes bond servant to an enemy of his country.

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