Bonds"man (?), n.; pl. Bondsmen . [Bond,a.orn.+ man.]
1.
A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman.
Carnal, greedy people, without such a precept, would have no mercy upon their poor bondsmen.
Derham.
2. Law
A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another.
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