bondman

Example Sentences

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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 Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

"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 Dahn, Felix

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 Watson, William Davy

Even against his lord the bondman had some standing ground for a civil action.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

And now Michael determined, if possible, to make Everope his bondman.

From Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy