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redemptioners

redemptioners is the plural of redemptioner.

Meaning of redemptioner

Noun

redemptioner (plural redemptioners)

  1. (historical) An immigrant, generally from the 18th or 19th century, who gained passage to America by selling themselves as an indentured servant.
  2. Someone who redeems oneself, such as from debt or servitude.

Questions about redemptioners

What is redemptioners the plural of?
Redemptioners is the plural of redemptioner.

Words near redemptioners in the dictionary

  1. redemption values
  2. redemptional
  3. redemptionaries
  4. redemptionary
  5. redemptioner
  6. redemptioners
  7. redemptionism
  8. redemptionisms
  9. redemptionist
  10. redemptionista
  11. redemptionistas

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