bondman
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Even comfortable circumstances, which he apparently enjoyed, created in the Malmesbury bondman no satisfaction with his lot.
From Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton
A freeman is one who tills his own land, and is no man's vassal or bondman.
From The Last of the Vikings by John Bowling
Sinson took very good care, in the disquietude of his suspicious temper, that his bondman should not be left in the way of temptation.
From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by William Davy Watson
"Are you perfectly sure," asked Adalo, seizing the bondman by the shoulder and forcing him to turn his averted face, "that this horseman was the old Roman?"
From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Felix Dahn
Any agreement with a bondman led to a forfeiture of the lord's rights.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
In Canada, the bail system is largely predicated on community trust and connections and does not involve large cash deposits and commercial bail bondmen, as it does in many U.S. states.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2021
As was too often the case, a handful of nervous bondmen informed their masters of what was afoot.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2015
Retail bondmen complained of the small percentage of a security's selling price that they must work on.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the busiest underwriting week since 1929, bondmen offered $378 million of corporate and municipal bonds to an easy-money market that gulped the flotations and bid for more.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of which amercements, or ransoming of bondmen, some lords’ stewards say that it is rightful, forasmuch as a churl hath no temporal thing that is not his lord’s, as they say.
From Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton
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