bondman

Example Sentences

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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 Watson, William Davy

Beulah, I will be a bondman no longer.

From Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro by Fowler, Charles H.

He has been so long a bondman, the irons have cut so deeply into his flesh, that on first coming out into God's good light he staggers blindly as one drunk.

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda

It was really as Zercho the bondman had believed: Bissula had become the captive, not of Ausonius, but another; and his captive she remained.

From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Dahn, Felix

Now, being over twenty-one I was my own bondman, and the bank couldn't collect from anybody but me—or the guarantee company.

From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.