noun
Meaning 1
A male slave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bondsman
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈbɒndzmən/
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General-American: /ˈbɑndzmən/
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noun
Meaning 2
A male indentured servant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
a male slave
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bondman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: slave
noun
Meaning 5
a male bound to serve without wages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bondman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bond servant
noun
Meaning 6
someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bondswoman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: benefactor, helper
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English bonden English bond English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English bondsman From bond + -s- + -man.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hebrew: עבד (eved) — male slave
- Persian: بنده (bande) — male slave
- Polish: niewolnik — male slave
- Russian: раб (rab) — male slave
- Welsh: caethwas — male slave
- Polish: sługa — male indentured servant
- Romanian: slugă — male indentured servant
- Russian: слуга́ (slugá) — male indentured servant
- Arabic: كَفِيل (kafīl) — someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations
- Dutch: borg — someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations
- Northern Kurdish: derhûd — someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations
- Latin: sponsor — someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations
- Polish: poręczyciel — someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations
- Portuguese: fiador — someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations
- Russian: поручи́тель (poručítelʹ) — someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations
- Spanish: aval — someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations
- Spanish: fiador — someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations