| 单词 | indentured servant |
| 释义 | indentured servantSEE SYNONYMS FOR indentured servant ON THESAURUS.COM noun American History.a person who came to America and was placed under contract to work for another over a period of time, usually seven years, especially during the 17th to 19th centuries. Generally, indentured servants included redemptioners, victims of religious or political persecution, persons kidnapped for the purpose, convicts, and paupers. Origin of indentured servantFirst recorded in 1665–75 Words nearby indentured servantindene, indent, indentation, indention, indenture, indentured servant, independence, Independence Day, Independence Hall, independence of path, independency Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for indentured servantindentured servant A person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country. During the seventeenth century most of the white laborers in Maryland and Virginia came from England as indentured servants. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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