bondman
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If having no wife is to be free, you can hardly call him a bondman.
From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
He had gone to London before the party at Pendarrel, to consult Mr. Truby, and to see his bondman, Everope.
From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by William Davy Watson
It is always important to decide whether a bondman is in the seisin of his lord or not, and the chief means to show it is to trace his connexion with the territorial lordship.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
He is not a bondman of any one's my lady, for he told me so himself.
From The Last of the Vikings by John Bowling
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
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
Retail bondmen complained of the small percentage of a security's selling price that they must work on.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bondmen of the old world wake from sleep and live, while we, in the blessed light of sunshine, wrap the mantle round our eyes, sleep, and perish!
From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Robert Montgomery Bird
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