bondwoman

Example Sentences

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The bondwoman in question was Elizabeth, or Bett for short, or sometimes even Mum Bett.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2015

In this time a witch came to town as a bondwoman to the wool merchant's widow.

From Time Magazine Archive

This new order of things disgusted him, and he howled dismally for ‘Marmar’, as his angry passions subsided, and recollections of his tender bondwoman returned to the captive autocrat.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

If this becomes known they will make me a bondwoman for all my days.

From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de

The next morning broke silently, and with the rising of the sun the plantation bell or the conch called the bondman and bondwoman into the cane-fields.

From The Flower of the Chapdelaines by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)