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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| Main Entry: | indentured servant |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a person who is bonded or contracted to work for another for a specified time, in exchange for learning a trade or for travel expenses (as to America) |
A person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country. During the seventeenth century most of the white laborers in Maryland and Virginia came from England as indentured servants.