bondman

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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.

Then the King caused the man whom he had found asleep to be brought forward, and he proved to be a bondman.

From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora

The bondman dwelt with his wife and child near his master in special huts, which were erected on the land that was allotted to him for cultivation.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav

The scriptural Joseph had been sold as a bondman into Egypt; this little Joseph seemed to have been brought into the world to be a slave.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)