bondman en · NOUN
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Etymology
From Middle English bondman; equivalent to bond + -man.
Meanings
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A man who is bound in servitude.
Shall I bend low, and in a bond-mans key With bated breath, and whiſpring humbleneſſe, Say this:
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 166, column 2:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| bondmen | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| bondsman | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (15)
fi palvelija (man bound in servitude) · scn criatu (man bound in servitude) · scn serbu (man bound in servitude) · bg крепостник (man bound in servitude) · pl niewolnik (man bound in servitude) · fr serf (man bound in servitude) · ru крепостно́й (man bound in servitude) · bg роб (man bound in servitude) · cmn 農奴 /农奴 (man bound in servitude) · ru раб (man bound in servitude) · cmn 奴隸 /奴隶 (man bound in servitude) · fi orja (man bound in servitude) · fr esclave (man bound in servitude) · ru холо́п (man bound in servitude) · scn schiavu (man bound in servitude)