8 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
noun a male slave
noun someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else
noun a male bound to serve without wages
originEtymology tree Middle English bonden English bond English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English bondsman From bond + -s- + -man.
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