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bondmaid

[ bond-meyd ]

noun

  1. a female slave.
  2. a woman bound to service without wages.


bondmaid

/ ˈɒԻˌɪ /

noun

  1. an unmarried female serf or slave
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of bondmaid1

First recorded in 1520–30; bond 2 + maid
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Said Duffy to the King, ‘Wilt thou buy a bondmaid, namely, my daughter?’ says he.

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Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

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For it is written Abraham had two sons, one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman.

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Its literal meaning is bondmaid, whose equivalent was reckoned at three cows.

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"Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids."—Leviticus xxv.

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