bond servant

Other forms: bond servants

Definitions of bond servant
  1. noun
    someone bound to labor without wages
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    bondman, bondsman
    a male bound to serve without wages
    bondmaid, bondswoman, bondwoman
    a female bound to serve without wages
    thrall
    someone held in bondage
    helot, serf, villein
    (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
    helot
    a serf in ancient Sparta whose status was between that of a slave and a citizen
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    slave
    a person who is owned by someone
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