bond servant

or bond-servant

noun

1. a person who serves in bondage; slave.
2. a person bound to service without wages.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bond servant¹

First recorded in 1525–35

Example Sentences

I, Miles Joseph, a bond servant of Jesus Christ, can only take an oath to Jesus Christ, as he has bought and paid for me by the blood of the lamb.

From Scientific American

If thy brother … be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant: but as an hired servant.

From Project Gutenberg

Even the bond servant, according to St. Paul, is not to be deprived of his moral dignity, but is to be treated as under God a serving brother.

From Project Gutenberg

Another commodity in which Franklin dealt was the unexpired time of indentured or bond servants, who had sold their services for a series of years in return for transportation to America.

From Project Gutenberg

The involuntary bond servants were paupers, disorderly persons, and criminals.

From Project Gutenberg