bondman
pronunciation
How to pronounce bondman in British English:
UK ['bɒndmən]
How to pronounce bondman in American English:
US ['bɒndmən]
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- Noun:
- a male bound to serve without wages
- a male slave
Word Origin
- bondman (n.)
- mid-13c., "husband, husbandman," from Middle English bond (see bondage) + man (n.). Later, "man in bondage, slave" (mid-14c.).
Example
- 1. And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in egypt : and thou shalt observe and do these statutes .
- 2. If I were yet pleasing men , I were not christ 's bondman .
- 3. So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his .
- 4. But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in egypt , and the lord thy god redeemed thee thence : therefore I command thee to do this thing .
- 5. Now therefore , I pray thee , let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord ; and let the lad go up with his brethren .