bondmaidbondmaidenn.
A slave girl.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] > slave > female
theowa900
ambohtc1175
thrallessa1382
bondwoman1387
serve1480
bondmaid1526
naif1531
maid slave1585
slave-girl1607
slave woman1607
woman bond1675
house girl1791
thrall-woman1886
bondswoman-
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Gal. iv. 22 Abraham had two sonnes, the one by a bonde mayde, the other by a fre woman.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. iv. App. f. 193 Behald the boundmaidin of our Lord.
1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. Kv Th'one was rauisht of his owne bondmaide.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 2 To make a bondmaide and a slaue of mee. View more context for this quotation
1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles ii. xxv. 69 Like a..bond-maid at her master's gate.
Derivatives
ˈbondservant n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] > slave
theowc893
thrallc950
young manOE
slavec1290
boyc1300
servanta1325
bondc1330
bondmana1340
manciplea1387
man's-bond?a1400
thrillc1480
thrillmanc1480
serf1483
bondservant1535
bondslave1561
bondling1587
slave-boy1607
slave-labourer1607
chattel1649
bondsman1713
livestock1755
esne1819
thirl-man1871
task-labourer1897
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Lev. xxv. 44 Yf thou wylt haue bonde seruauntes and maydens.
bond-service n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun]
theowdomc893
thralshipc1200
thraldomc1275
thrallhead1297
servagec1300
thrall14..
bondage1330
dangera1375
servicea1382
servitutea1393
thaneheada1400
thrillagec1400
serviturea1422
servitudec1425
thrildomc1480
thirldom1489
thirlage1513
servilityc1530
slavedom1562
serviceage1594
bondmanship1611
bond-service1611
slaverya1616
slavishnessa1620
bond slavery1835
chattelship1857
chattelhood1871
thirl-band1871
thirl-service-
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings ix. 21 A tribute of bond-seruice . View more context for this quotation
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
n.1526