Bondservant
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An indentured servant.
"The captain was an upstart, a product of the democratic idea operating upon the poor white man, the descendant of the indentured bondservant and the socially unfit."
Example
More examples"The captain was an upstart, a product of the democratic idea operating upon the poor white man, the descendant of the indentured bondservant and the socially unfit."
Etymology
From bond + servant.
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