indentured servant
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indentured servant

noun

Definition of INDENTURED SERVANT

: a person who signs and is bound by indentures to work for another for a specified time especially in return for payment of travel expenses and maintenance

First Known Use of INDENTURED SERVANT

1723

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factotum, milliner, ostler, scrivener, tinker, webster, wordsmith

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