bondmaid

American  

[bond-meyd] / ˈbɒndˌmeɪd /

noun

1. a female slave.

2. a woman bound to service without wages.

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bondmaid British  

/ ˈbɒndˌmeɪd /

noun

1. an unmarried female serf or slave

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Etymology

Origin of bondmaid

First recorded in 1520–30; bond ² + maid

Example Sentences

Her heroine, pretty Chinese bondmaid Peony, is in the service of a wealthy Jewish family, the Ezras.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a noteworthy horse in Medb's herd and he was of the value of a bondmaid; a horse to match was found among Ailill's.

From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Dunn, Joseph

Who am I That thou shouldst send my bondmaid gifts to take?

From The Story of Nefrekepta from a demotic papyrus by Murray, Gilbert

For thy mother was merely a bondmaid Though thou hadst for thy father a King.

From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora

Its literal meaning is bondmaid, whose equivalent was reckoned at three cows.

From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 by