bondwomen

noun

variants also bondswomen
plural of bondwoman
as in bondmen

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  1. bondmen
  2. slaves
  3. serfs
Noun
  • That is the standard set for bringing weapons and cellphones into a secure area, safeguarding department property, monitoring the radio, misusing department letterhead, badges or insignia, secondary employment violations, and recommending bondsmen or attorneys to inmates.
    — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
  • Plus, bail bondsmen are the ultimate local rent seekers.
    — Dan Gooding Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Definition of bondmen
Noun
  • Make the first right on the man who permitted the heads of rebelling slaves to be put on stakes and spread across the city in order to prevent the others from getting any ideas.
    — Terry Gross, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
  • There were a lot of stories about the richer people that went away amid all the political problems, and the people working for them, the descendants of the slaves.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of slaves
Noun
  • Nowadays there is less merriment, sunk as Moscow is in a combination of Putin stagnation, the Ukraine war, and the techno-feudalism that is making serfs of all of us in a world owned by billionaires pumping propaganda through the black boxes in the palm of our hands.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Definition of serfs
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