Definition of bondservant in US English:
bondservant
nounˈbän(d)ˌsərvəntˈbän(d)ˌsərvənt
1A person bound in service without wages.
Example sentencesExamples
- They're seen as drones and corporate bondservants.
- God has made him his bondservant and so he is a saint.
- He sells himself as a bondservant to a planter and ship owner, Monsieur Beaunoir and his family in New Orleans.
- 1.1 A slave or serf.
Example sentencesExamples
- If you purchased a bondservant in Europe in the centuries leading up to the year 1000, the chances were that he or she was a ‘Slav’ - hence the word ‘slave.’
- This type of speculator ‘destroyed families, escorted coffles, sold diseased slaves, concealed the flaws of bondservants, and corrupted whites through speculation.’
- Maryland slaveowners gained a reputation for having two prices for their bondservants, one for private citizens and a higher one for traders.