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bondmaid

[ bond-meyd ]

noun

  1. a female slave.
  2. a woman bound to service without wages.


bondmaid

/ ˈbɒndˌmeɪd /

noun

  1. an unmarried female serf or slave
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bondmaid1

First recorded in 1520–30; bond 2 + maid
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Example Sentences

Said Duffy to the King, ‘Wilt thou buy a bondmaid, namely, my daughter?’ says he.

Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

For it is written Abraham had two sons, one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman.

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

"Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids."—Leviticus xxv.

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