Bondman
[bɒndmәn]
Definition
(noun.) a male slave.
(noun.) a male bound to serve without wages.
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Definition
(n.) A man slave, or one bound to service without wages.
(n.) A villain, or tenant in villenage.
Typist: Norton
Examples
- It was properly the proprietor himself, therefore, that in this case occupied his own lands, and cultivated them by his own bondmen. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Taxes of so much a head upon the bondmen employed in cultivation, seem anciently to have been common all over Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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