bondservant
bondservant noun: an indentured servant.
Noun
bondservant (plural bondservants)
- An indentured servant.
- The captain was an upstart, a product of the democratic idea operating upon the poor white man, the descendant of the indentured bondservant and the socially unfit.1901, Charles W. Chesnutt, The Marrow of Tradition
- Would the lass but consent to go abroad in the unhallowed place at this awful season and hour of the night, she was as firmly handfasted to the Devil as if she had signed a bond with her own blood; for then, it seemed, the forces of good fled far away, the world for one hour was given over to its...1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
bondservant meaning in Tamil
bondservant in Tamil
- அடிமைப்பணியாள்
Forms of bondservant
| plural | bondservants |
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Origin of bondservant
From bond + servant.
Questions about bondservant
- What does bondservant mean?
- Bondservant means an indentured servant.
- What is bondservant in Tamil?
- Bondservant in Tamil is அடிமைப்பணியாள். See Bondservant meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bondservant?
- Bondservant is a noun.
- What is the plural of bondservant?
- The plural of bondservant is bondservants.
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