bondwoman

variants also bondswoman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bondwoman
Noun
  • And that’s exactly what Hub gets when attempting to arrest two criminals who have escaped bail, but who end up catching the bondsman off-guard, shooting him with a shotgun blast (a bulletproof vest saves his life) and then ultimately slitting his throat with a knife.
    Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Hub is a second-generation bondsman, having followed in the footsteps of his acerbic mother — and, as a middle-aged divorcée, roommate — Kitty (Beth Grant).
    Alison Herman, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But Trump contends it was only meant to cover former slaves and not the modern influx of immigrants.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • The bite marks seem to confirm that the skeletons buried at the cemetery were gladiators — and not soldiers or slaves, as previously thought, according to Malin Holst, lecturer in osteoarchaeology at the University of York’s Department of Archaeology.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Bondwoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bondwoman. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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