bondslave

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UK/ˈbɒndsleɪv/

noun

One who works as a slave under an indenture; a bondsman or bondswoman.

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Meanings

nounbondslave (plural bondslaves)

plural bondslaves

  1. One who works as a slave under an indenture; a bondsman or bondswoman.

    To whom they shewed, how those marchants were / Arriv'd in place their bondslaves for to buy […].

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

From bond + slave.

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APA

bondslave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bondslave

MLA

“bondslave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bondslave. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bondslave,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bondslave.

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