indentured servants

Definition of indentured servantsnext
plural of indentured servant

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Noun
  • But Season Four takes viewers to lower-class settings like the bars where scullery maids and footmen relax, the markets where house staff shop, even the secret drawing rooms where servants eat their breakfast and discuss town gossip.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Among these servants are ones who pass laws to make my life a bit safer or just.
    Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Slaves, serfs, peasants, and wage workers mostly understood that what was being struck was a hammer blow on their behalf.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Indentured servants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indentured%20servants. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.

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