bondman
nounEtymology From Middle English bondman; equivalent to bond + -man.
1
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:
- Derived terms
- bondmanship
- Related terms
- bondwoman