4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: bondsman n 1: a male slave [syn: {bondman}] 2: someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else [syn: {bondswoman}] 3: a male bound to serve without wages [syn: {bondman}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 39 Moby Thesaurus words for "bondsman": bailsman, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondswoman, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl, concubine, debt slave, galley slave, godfather, godparent, guarantee, guarantor, guaranty, helot, homager, insurer, liege, liege man, liege subject, mainpernor, mortgagor, odalisque, peon, serf, servant, slave, sponsor, subject, surety, theow, thrall, underwriter, vassal, villein, warrantor From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: 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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