bondmaid
Americannoun
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a female slave.
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a woman bound to service without wages.
noun
Etymology
Origin of bondmaid
Example Sentences
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Her heroine, pretty Chinese bondmaid Peony, is in the service of a wealthy Jewish family, the Ezras.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said Duffy to the King, ‘Wilt thou buy a bondmaid, namely, my daughter?’ says he.
From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by Russell, T. O.
Even now I see some bondmaid there, her death-shorn brow Bending beneath its freight of well-water.
From The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse by Murray, Gilbert
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 it is written, that Abraham had two Sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman.
From The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old by English, George Bethune
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