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bond servant

or bond-serv·ant

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noun

a person who serves in bondage; slave.

a person bound to service without wages.

Origin of bond servant

First recorded in 1525–35

Words nearby bond servant

bonce, bond, bond immunization, bond market, bond paper, bond servant, bond washing, bondage, bonded, bonded warehouse, bonderize

Example sentences from the Web for bondservant

It was a novel and voluntary assumption of the condition of the Bondservant, the Δοῦλος, of God.

To My Younger Brethren |Handley C. G. Moule
He, the supreme Bondservant, is to them (we continually read) absolute Lord.

To My Younger Brethren |Handley C. G. Moule
You decide now for yourself whether you are a bondservant or a free man.

Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary |John Kline
And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever.

The Bible Story |Rev. Newton Marshall Hall

Thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant: as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee.

The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Leviticus |S H Kellogg

British Dictionary definitions for bondservant

bondservant

/ (ˈbɒndˌsɜːvənt) /

noun

a serf or slave