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bondsman
(encz) | bondsman,nevolník n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bondsman
(gcide) | Bondsman \Bonds"man\, n.; pl. Bondsmen. [Bond, a. or n. +
man.]
1. A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman.
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Carnal, greedy people, without such a precept, would
have no mercy upon their poor bondsmen. --Derham.
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2. (Law) A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security,
for another.
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bondsman
(wn) | bondsman
n 1: a male slave [syn: bondman, bondsman]
2: someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else [syn:
bondsman, bondswoman]
3: a male bound to serve without wages [syn: bondman,
bondsman] |
bondsman
(devil) | BONDSMAN, n. A fool who, having property of his own, undertakes to
become responsible for that entrusted to another to a third.
Philippe of Orleans wishing to appoint one of his favorites, a
dissolute nobleman, to a high office, asked him what security he would
be able to give. "I need no bondsmen," he replied, "for I can give
you my word of honor." "And pray what may be the value of that?"
inquired the amused Regent. "Monsieur, it is worth its weight in
gold."
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Bondsman
(gcide) | Bondsman \Bonds"man\, n.; pl. Bondsmen. [Bond, a. or n. +
man.]
1. A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman.
[1913 Webster]
Carnal, greedy people, without such a precept, would
have no mercy upon their poor bondsmen. --Derham.
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2. (Law) A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security,
for another.
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