bondman, bondsman
(noun) a male slave
bondman, bondsman
(noun) a male bound to serve without wages
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bondman (plural bondmen)
A man who is bound in servitude; a slave or serf.
Source: Wiktionary
Bond"man, n.; pl. Bondmen. Etym: [Bond,a.orn.+ man.]
1. A man slave, or one bound to service without wages. "To enfranchise bondmen." Macaulay.
2. (Old Eng. Law)
Definition: A villain, or tenant in villenage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
