bondslave

English

Etymology

From bond +‎ slave.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒndsleɪv/

Noun

bondslave (plural bondslaves)

One who works as a slave under an indenture; a bondsman or bondswoman.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  To whom they shewed, how those marchants were / Arriv'd in place their bondslaves for to buy […].

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