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单词 bondservant
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bondservant

/ˈbän(d)ˌsərvənt /
noun
1A person bound in service without wages.They're seen as drones and corporate bondservants....
  • God has made him his bondservant and so he is a saint.
  • He sells himself as a bondservant to a planter and ship owner, Monsieur Beaunoir and his family in New Orleans.
1.1A slave or serf.This type of speculator ‘destroyed families, escorted coffles, sold diseased slaves, concealed the flaws of bondservants, and corrupted whites through speculation.’...
  • If you purchased a bondservant in Europe in the centuries leading up to the year 1000, the chances were that he or she was a ‘Slav’ - hence the word ‘slave.’
  • Maryland slaveowners gained a reputation for having two prices for their bondservants, one for private citizens and a higher one for traders.
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