Bondservant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bondservant is a noun meaning An indentured servant.
Meaning
An indentured servant.
Example Sentences
The New King James Version of the New Testament translates the word δοῦλος (doulos) as "bondservant" in 2 Peter 1:1 and Jude 1:1
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.
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 ancient prince, and the man or woman who willingly sought the spot was his bondservant forever.
Word Forms
- bondservants
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bondslave, bondman, bond, bondmaid, bondsmaid, bondsperson.
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