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bond servant

–noun
1. a person who serves in bondage; slave.
2. a person bound to service without wages.
Also, bond-servant.


Origin:
1525–35
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bond·ser·vant   (bŏnd'sûr'vənt)   
n.  
  1. A person obligated to service without wages.

  2. A slave or serf.


[bond(man) + servant.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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