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Definition of Bondmaid
1. Noun. A female bound to serve without wages.
2. Noun. A female slave.
Definition of Bondmaid
1. n. A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, as distinguished from a hired servant.
Definition of Bondmaid
1. Noun. A female bondservant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bondmaid
1. a female slave [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bondmaid
1. A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, as distinguished from a hired servant. Origin: Bond,or+ maid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bondmaid
Literary usage of Bondmaid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1844)
"... daring the theatrical life of Joe Cowell, Comedian. Written by Himself.
New York : Harper & Brothers. 1844. Pp. 103 Price 25 cents. The bondmaid. ..."
2. The London Catalogue of Books Published in Great Britain: With Their Sizes by Thomas Hodgson (1851)
"010 Bremer (F.) bondmaid, and Axel and Anna, 1» — Diary . .026 - Nina, 4j —
President's Daughter . . . .026 - H— Family, 2»— Home, 4*— Neighbour« . . .040 ..."
3. The Bible and Slavery by Charles Elliot (1859)
""And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman that is a bondmaid betrothed to a
husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her ; she shall be scourged ..."
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