redemptioner

[ ri-demp-shuh-ner ]

nounAmerican History.

an emigrant from Europe to America who obtained passage by becoming an indentured servant for a specified period of time.

Origin of redemptioner

First recorded in 1765–75; redemption + -er¹

Words Nearby redemptioner

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How to use redemptioner in a sentence

And if my father came out a redemptioner, and worked his way, so had old Mr. Dulany.
Richard Carvel, Complete | Winston Churchill
No taint was apparently attached to it, and many a worthy family had a "redemptioner" for its first American ancestor.
The Land We Live In | Henry Mann
Why did I leave my father's house to take you, a poor redemptioner just out of your time?
Duffels | Edward Eggleston
That's Black Jim Lewis, that stole me away from home and sold me for a redemptioner.
Duffels | Edward Eggleston
Mr. Quimby bought him at the wharf out of a redemptioner ship.
Pencil Sketches | Eliza Leslie

British Dictionary definitions for redemptioner

redemptioner

/ (rɪˈdɛmpʃənə) /

noun

history an emigrant to Colonial America who paid for his passage by becoming an indentured servant

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