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Etymology
From Middle English bondman; equivalent to bond + -man.
Noun
bondman (plural bondmen)
- A man who is bound in servitude.
- Synonyms: slave, serf
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 166, column 2:Shall I bend low, and in a bond-mans key
With bated breath, and whiſpring humbleneſſe,
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