indentured
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8.3
- adjective
- /ɪnˈdɛnʧərd/
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siervo
- WHAT IS IT YOU REQUIRE OF AN INDENTURED SERVANT?
My ancestors are indentured labourers brought from India.
- My ancestors are indentured labourers brought from India.
- But the Elon Musk want indentured servants.
- Then what is an indentured servant slave?
- You know it in Indian where where they had a black kid came our door as an indentured servant.
- Back in the day, people, you could dress up as a apple, You know, in Indian, we had a black kid came our door as an indentured servant.
- And they're just, they're basically servicing debt and they become indentured to a system that is so rigor sort of rigid in in its structure.
Examples
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Many indentured laborers worked on plantations in the early 19th century.
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In fact, America had black and white indentured servants before slavery became an all black thing.
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My ancestors are indentured labourers brought from India.
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The indentured servants signed contracts promising to work for a set number of years.
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Historically, indentured apprenticeships were a common way to learn a trade.
Synonyms
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6.0
Required to do something by law, duty, or agreement
Working for a skilled person under an official agreement to learn a trade
A person who trains under a formal contract in a job like law or accounting
Antonyms
How Bound
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Indentured comes from indenture, a kind of contract that was written in two matching copies and then cut with a jagged, 'toothed' edge so the pieces could be fitted together. The dent part means 'tooth' or 'notch', and because people were legally tied to those papers, to be indentured means to be 'bound by contract', often to work for someone for a set time.