Bondsmen
a person who by bond becomes surety for another.
bondman.
Historical Examples
After London Richard Jefferies
The Life of Mazzini Bolton King
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations Archibald Sayce
Satan’s Invisible World Displayed or, Despairing Democracy W. T. Stead
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various
Satan’s Invisible World Displayed or, Despairing Democracy W. T. Stead
The Boss of Little Arcady Harry Leon Wilson
Fiends, Ghosts, and Sprites John Nettin Radcliffe
Charities and the Commons: The Pittsburgh Survey, Part II: The Place Various
The Crime of the Century Henry M. Hunt
noun (pl) -men
(law) a person bound by bond to act as surety for another
another word for bondservant
n.
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