bondslave

English

Etymology

From bond +‎ slave.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒndsleɪv/

Noun

bondslave (plural bondslaves)

1. One who works as a slave under an indenture; a bondsman or bondswoman.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     To whom they shewed, how those marchants were / Arriv'd in place their bondslaves for to buy […].