bondwoman
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- noun
- /ˈbɒndˌwʊmən/
- Archaic
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- After years of servitude, the bondwoman longed for her freedom and a life of her own.
Examples
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But God said unto Abraham: "Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad..." and because of thy bondwoman.
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But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
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Cast out this bondwoman and her son.
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I beg you, cast out this bondwoman and her son!
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The son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son... even with Isaac.
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I will not cast out the lad, nor thy bondwoman.
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31: So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
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Rather a child born to a freewoman than a bondwoman like Hagar.
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If a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant or a bondwoman, she shall not go out in six years as menservants do.
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In ancient times, a bondwoman was often forced to work without any pay.
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 forced to work for another person without pay
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A person who must work for another person by law, often like a servant in the past
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A person legally forced to work for another without pay
A person forced to work without pay for someone else
A man who is forced to work for another person and has no freedom
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bondwoman is made of bond and woman, and the bond part comes from an old word meaning 'to bind' or 'tie'. So a bondwoman is a woman who is 'bound' to another as a slave or forced worker.