bondman

• bondsman

From Middle English bondman; equivalent to bond +‎ -man.

bondman (plural bondmen)

1. A man who is bound in servitude.

   Synonyms: slave, serf

   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 166, column 2:

     Shall I bend low, and in a bond-mans key
     With bated breath, and whiſpring humbleneſſe,
     Say this:

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