| 释义 |
bondsman|ˈbɒndzmən|
[f. bond n.1 + -man, the 's being in sense 1 genitival; sense 2 is treated as a variant of bondman, which in later times had come to be associated with bond n.1: cf. the plural bonds.]
1. One who becomes surety by bond.
1754Richardson Grandison IV. iv. 26 Being the bondsman for the duty of Mr. Beauchamp. 1828E. Irving Last Days 189 The disappointed creditors, the broken faith of bondsmen. 1871Standard 20 Jan., Three of the leading men seized as security. The Mayor paid the sum..and the ‘bonds’ men were released.
2. A man in bondage; a villein; a serf, slave.
a1735Derham (J.) Carnal greedy people, without such a precept, would have no mercy upon their poor bondsmen and beasts. 1815Scott Ld. of Isles i. viii. From chieftain's tower to bondsman's cot. 1851Mrs. Browning Casa Guidi Wind. 54 A bondsman shivering at a Jesuit's foot.
fig.1850Tennyson In Mem. iv. 2 To Sleep I give my powers away; My will is bondsman to the dark. |