单词 | bondsman |
释义 | bondsmann. 1. One who becomes surety by bond. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > bond or recognizance > requiring or giving legal security > [noun] > being legal surety for another > one who is fidejussor1539 bondsman1753 fidepromissor1875 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. iv. 26 Being the bondsman for the duty of Mr. Beauchamp. 1828 E. Irving Last Days 189 The disappointed creditors, the broken faith of bondsmen. 1871 Standard 20 Jan. Three of the leading men seized as security. The Mayor paid the sum..and the ‘bonds’ men were released. 2. A man in bondage; a villein; a serf, slave. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] > slave theowc893 thrallc950 young manOE slavec1290 boyc1300 servanta1325 bondc1330 bondmana1340 manciplea1387 man's-bond?a1400 thrillc1480 thrillmanc1480 serf1483 bondservant1535 bondslave1561 bondling1587 slave-boy1607 slave-labourer1607 chattel1649 bondsman1713 livestock1755 esne1819 thirl-man1871 task-labourer1897 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. xi. vi. 476 That carnal, greedy People,..without such a Precept, would..much less have had Mercy upon their poor Bonds-men and Beasts. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles i. viii. 14 From chieftain's tower to bondsman's cot. 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows i. xix. 54 A bondsman shivering at a Jesuit's foot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2019). > as lemmasbond(s)man bond(s)man n. a member of the Bond. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > African politics > [noun] > South African politics > specific associations > members of bond(s)man1884 1884 Times 6 Mar. 7/6 The views of many members returned to parliament as Bondsmen. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Feb. 2/2 Smith sits for Graaffreinet, is an extreme Bondsman, and cannot speak English. 1896 ‘S. Cumberland’ What I think of S. Afr. xi. 150 The slave-owners of the Southern States, too, were angels of goodness as compared with the Boer bondsmen-holders. 1898 Daily News 22 Mar. 5/1 Two Progressives were elected, and one Bondman. < n.1713 as lemmas |
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