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indentured

Syllables: in·den·turedUK/ɪnˈdɛn.t͡ʃəd/US/ɪnˈdɛn.t͡ʃəɹd/

indentured adjective: subject to an indenture. Also the simple past and past participle of indenture.

Adjective

indentured (not comparable)

  1. Subject to an indenture.
    • indentured servant
    • indentured labour

Noun

indentured (plural indentureds)

  1. A person who is subject to an indenture.

Also used as

indentured is also the simple past and past participle of indenture.

Examples of indentured in a sentence

  • indentured servitude
  • As a result, many Black people remained unfairly enslaved and indentured in the so-called free territory.2022, Mary Elise Antoine, Enslaved, Indentured, Free: Five Black Women on the Upper Mississippi, 1800–1850, Wisconsin Historical Society...

All 13 example sentences with indentured

Forms of indentured

pluralindentureds

Origin of indentured

From indenture + -ed.

Words formed from indentured

Phrases with indentured

Questions about indentured

What does indentured mean?
Indentured means subject to an indenture.
How do you use indentured in a sentence?
indentured servitude
What part of speech is indentured?
Indentured can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce indentured?
Indentured is pronounced /ɪnˈdɛn.t͡ʃəd/ (UK).

Words near indentured in the dictionary

  1. indentors
  2. indentour
  3. indentours
  4. indents
  5. indenture
  6. indentured
  7. indentured servant
  8. indentured servants
  9. indentureds
  10. indenturee
  11. indenturees

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