Bond servant

Bond servant
bond-servant ond-servant, Bond servant Bond" serv`ant A slave; one who is bound to service without wages. [1913 Webster]

If thy brother . . . be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant: but as an hired servant. --Lev. xxv. 39, 40. [1913 Webster]


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  • bond-servant — ond servant, Bond servant Bond serv ant A slave; one who is bound to service without wages. [1913 Webster] If thy brother . . . be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant: but as an hired servant.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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