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Bondman vs Bondslave - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between bondman and bondslave

is that bondman is a man who is bound in servitude; a slave or serf while bondslave is one who works as a slave under an indenture; a bondsman or bondswoman.

bondman

English

Noun

(bondmen)
  • A man who is bound in servitude; a slave or serf.

    • See also

    * bondwoman

    bondslave

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who works as a slave under an indenture; a bondsman or bondswoman.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.11:
  • *:To whom they shewed, how those marchants were / Arriv'd in place their bondslaves for to buy […].