bondsman
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bondsman (plural bondsmen)
- A male slave.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto IV:
- To Sleep I give my powers away;
My will is bondsman to the dark; […]
- A male indentured servant.
- Someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations.
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male slave
someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations