bondwoman

variants also bondswoman
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Noun
  • In Florida, a defendant usually pays 10% of the total bond amount to a bondsman to bail out of jail.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Cole works in the office of a bail bondsman in northern Virginia, the charging document states.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 5 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Their… In Quelimane …it was founded by the Portuguese as a trading station in 1544 and in the 18th and 19th centuries had a slave market.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Harris survived because his older sister, Rosa, worked as a slave laborer in the concentration camp outside of Dęblin.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Bondwoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bondwoman. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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