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bond⋅man

[bond-muhn]
–noun, plural -men.
1. a male slave.
2. a man bound to service without wages.
3. Old English Law. a villein or other unfree tenant.
Also, bondsman.


Origin:
1200–50; ME bonde man. See bond 2 , man 1
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bond·man   (bŏnd'mən)   
n.  A male bondservant.

[Middle English, from bonde, serf; see bondage.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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