indenturedadj.

/ɪnˈdɛntjʊəd/

Etymology: < indenture v. + -ed suffix¹.

1. Bound by indentures, esp. as an apprentice or servant.

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society > law > legal obligation > contract > [adjective] > bound by contract > bound by indentures

indentured1757

indented1758

1757 in W. Thompson R.N. Advoc. 6 George Woods, Eastcheap, Indentured Master.

1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London III. ix. 241 An attorney at Oxford, who..consented to receive me as his indentured clerk.

1808 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 26 111 Indentured bond-slaves are shipped from Liverpool and Glasgow, for Canada, and independent North-America, in considerable numbers.

1882 Daily News 17 Mar. 5/3 The employment of indentured labourers [coolies] from India.

1952 S. Selvon Brighter Sun v. 72 He had come from India to work as an indentured labourer on the white man's plantations.

1961 Outlook Feb. 214 East Indians is the name given to the descendants of those who came to British Guiana from India as indentured labourers between 1838 and 1917; the name also includes the few who themselves came from India. East Indians make up the largest group in British Guiana's total population of 540,000.

1969 S. M. Sadeek Windswept & Other Stories 29 My grand parents were indentured immigrants, never-the-less pioneers.

2. Indented, having the border incised.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [adjective]

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indentedc1440

incoled1543

gapped1562

crenated1688

vandyked1832

indentured1885

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Apr. 6/1 The three towns on the densely timbered, deeply indentured Vancouver Island.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	indentured
释义	indenturedadj. /ɪnˈdɛntjʊəd/ Etymology: < indenture v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. Bound by indentures, esp. as an apprentice or servant. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > contract > [adjective] > bound by contract > bound by indentures indentured1757 indented1758 1757 in W. Thompson R.N. Advoc. 6 George Woods, Eastcheap, Indentured Master. 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London III. ix. 241 An attorney at Oxford, who..consented to receive me as his indentured clerk. 1808 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 26 111 Indentured bond-slaves are shipped from Liverpool and Glasgow, for Canada, and independent North-America, in considerable numbers. 1882 Daily News 17 Mar. 5/3 The employment of indentured labourers [coolies] from India. 1952 S. Selvon Brighter Sun v. 72 He had come from India to work as an indentured labourer on the white man's plantations. 1961 Outlook Feb. 214 East Indians is the name given to the descendants of those who came to British Guiana from India as indentured labourers between 1838 and 1917; the name also includes the few who themselves came from India. East Indians make up the largest group in British Guiana's total population of 540,000. 1969 S. M. Sadeek Windswept & Other Stories 29 My grand parents were indentured immigrants, never-the-less pioneers. 2. Indented, having the border incised. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [adjective] battledc1386 embattledc1386 indentedc1440 incoled1543 gapped1562 crenated1688 vandyked1832 indentured1885 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Apr. 6/1 The three towns on the densely timbered, deeply indentured Vancouver Island. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1757
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