bondmaid
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- noun
- /ˈbɒndˌmeɪd/
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- Gudjen led us past the row of curtained beds, past the sleeping bondmaids on their pallets, and out into the courtyard.
Examples
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In ancient times, a bondmaid was often forced to work for a wealthy family in exchange for shelter.
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"I could send a bondmaid to do that, and then?" Gudjen glanced at me and said a single word: "Come."
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22: For it is written that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
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A hubbub of children and dogs, of bondmaids and craftsmen.
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At the end was the king's mother's enormous bed, around which her bondmaids slept on pallets on the floor.
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A throng milled about the door: fishwives and bondmaids, farmers and fishermen, and smiths.
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The queen had many loyal bondmaids who served her household without pay.
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The story highlighted the difficult life of a bondmaid who had to meet the demands of her master daily.
Synonyms
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A person legally owned by someone else who must work without pay or freedom
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A woman who is owned by someone and forced to work
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A person who must work for another person by law, often like a servant in the past
A woman held as a slave who is forced to work without pay
A person forced to work without pay for someone else
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bondmaid is made of bond ('bound' or 'in service') and maid ('young woman'), so a bondmaid is a woman who is 'bound' to serve another person without pay.