bondwoman

variants also bondswoman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bondwoman
Noun
  • That Friday morning, his family, a lawyer and a bail bondsman all gathered in the courthouse for an unsuccessful attempt to have his bond lowered.
    Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • Because the sheriff’s office only accepts bail in person, with cash or a cashier’s check — and because local bondsmen will not serve migrants — many migrants have been forced to make similar payments to a cottage industry of informal couriers.
    Jack Herrera Jack Herrera, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • The country was established with the aim of relocating freed slaves from the United States.
    Michelle Garcia, NBC news, 10 July 2025
  • Schiava, meaning slave in Italian, is thought to be named after its tendency to accumulate to encourage so much fruit and weight that the vine would bend in on itself.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
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“Bondwoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bondwoman. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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