bondslave

[ bond-sleyv ]

noun

1. a person held in bondage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bondslave¹

First recorded in 1555–65; bond ² + slave

Example Sentences

Ye weave gold into your tunics, he had not even the vilest garment of your bondslave.

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Bow, bondslave, before the throne of your despot's glorious heels so glistening in their proud erectness.

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That her bondslave should have dared to dream of freedom was almost too preposterous for belief.

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Hitherto I have been driven with revolt to what I would not; I was a bondslave to poverty, driven and scourged.

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Why not a new critical weekly, with me as bondslave-in-chief?

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