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Definition of Bondmen

Bondmen
Bondman Bond"man, n.; pl. Bondmen. [Bond,a.orn.+ man.] 1. A man slave, or one bound to service without wages. ``To enfranchise bondmen.' --Macaulay. 2. (Old Eng. Law) A villain, or tenant in villenage.

Meaning of Bondmen from wikipedia

- Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems. It was a condition of debt bondage...
- seen, lies far out at sea, but the sharp eyes of the waiting, watching bondmen have caught sight of the flag she carries; they know there is shelter under...
- must be good and true Men, free-born, and of mature and discreet Age, no Bondmen, no Women, no immoral or scandalous Men, but of good Report. "Adoptive...
- by the unjust oppression of naughty men. For if God would have had any bondmen from the beginning, He would have appointed who should be bond, and who...
- guaranteed to pay 300 Tomans to the Uzbeks to convince them not to invade the bondmen and nomads of Khorasan. The tribute was not paid after Tahmasp I's death...
- importance of saffron to local industry. The rebels also asked 'that all bondmen may be made free, for God made all free, with his precious blood shedding...
- Unsuspected Isle, London: Macmillan Caribbean, 2000. Gaspar, David BarryBondmen & Rebels: A Study of Master-Slave Relations in Antigua, with Implications...
- simply of their "men" (homines) and lords of the manor might reference "bondmen". Initially those who held land directly from the king by military service...
- Aegeon and Emilia Dromio of Ephesus and Dromio of Syracuse – twin brothers, bondmen, each serving his respective Antipholus Adriana – wife of Antipholus of...
- Dyer, Christopher (2003). "Introduction". In Hilton, Rodney (ed.). Bondmen Made Free: Medieval Peasant Movements and the English Rising of 1381 (New ed...