BONDSMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bondsman mean? 

• BONDSMAN (noun)
  The noun BONDSMAN has 3 senses:

1. a male slave

2. someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else

3. a male bound to serve without wages

  Familiarity information: BONDSMAN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BONDSMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A male slave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bondman; bondsman

Hypernyms ("bondsman" is a kind of...):

slave (a person who is owned by someone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bondsman; bondswoman

Hypernyms ("bondsman" is a kind of...):

benefactor; helper (a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A male bound to serve without wages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bondman; bondsman

Hypernyms ("bondsman" is a kind of...):

bond servant (someone bound to labor without wages)