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Recent Examples of indentured servant
No people or animals other than birds lived on the archipelago until Portuguese explorers discovered it in the early 15th century and populated it with minor gentry, indentured servants, slaves, and prisoners given the choice between jail and exile.
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Trish Lorenz, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2020
Mattai’s multimedia objects, which examine the present-day legacy of her family’s past as indentured servants in Guyana, is thoughtful, colorful and complicated.
—John Wenzel, The Know, 24 Dec. 2019
As late as 1964, Bo and Lake Giles were still toiling like indentured servants.
—CBS News, 23 Dec. 2019
Before then, more families lived on farms, out of sight of surveillance, and children could be their parents’ little workers—indentured servants until adulthood.
—Lynne Tillman, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
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Trish Lorenz, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2020
Mattai’s multimedia objects, which examine the present-day legacy of her family’s past as indentured servants in Guyana, is thoughtful, colorful and complicated.
—John Wenzel, The Know, 24 Dec. 2019
As late as 1964, Bo and Lake Giles were still toiling like indentured servants.
—CBS News, 23 Dec. 2019
Before then, more families lived on farms, out of sight of surveillance, and children could be their parents’ little workers—indentured servants until adulthood.
—Lynne Tillman, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
See All Example Sentences for indentured servant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indentured servant
servant
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Advertisement What Fellowes can’t countenance are privileged people who lack the magnanimity befitting their rank and, most of all, servants who are insufficiently grateful to their benevolent employers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
20 June 2025
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Simone’s job is to make life hell for the family’s other servants, including property manager Jose (Felix Solis), head chef Patrice (Lauren Weedman), and Missy (Britne Oldford), who doesn’t appear to have a specific job.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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“Indentured servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indentured%20servant. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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