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BOND SERVANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bond servant mean? 

BOND SERVANT (noun)
  The noun BOND SERVANT has 1 sense:

1. someone bound to labor without wagesplay

  Familiarity information: BOND SERVANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOND SERVANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone bound to labor without wages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bond servant" is a kind of...):

slave (a person who is owned by someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bond servant"):

bondman; bondsman (a male bound to serve without wages)

bondmaid; bondswoman; bondwoman (a female bound to serve without wages)

thrall (someone held in bondage)


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