bondslave
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bondslave
Example Sentences
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He who had chosen the broad, daylit, unencumbered paths of universal scepticism, found himself still the bondslave of honour.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Modern society has declared itself on the side of necessity: while acknowledging man preeminently free in his relations to others, it yet considers him as the bondslave of motives.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
That is not all: you actually avail yourself of a disgraceful trick to entrap this unfortunate girl into an agreement, whereby she becomes a literary bondslave for five years!
From Mr. Meeson's Will by Haggard, Henry Rider
Yet she said with great composure: "My lord and husband does not reprove even a bondslave without a hearing, how much less then, his wedded wife?"
From Undine by Bunnett, Fanny Elizabeth
The angel of the better nature is bondslave to the worst.
From The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service by Hillis, Newell Dwight
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