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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bondsman \Bonds"man\, n.; pl {Bondsmen}. [Bond, a. or n. + 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bondsman n 1: a male slave [syn: {bondman}] 2: someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else [syn: {bondswoman}] 3: a male bound to serve without wages [syn: {bondman}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: BONDSMAN, n. A fool who having property of his own undertakes to become responsible for that entrusted to another to a third Philippe of Orleans wishing to appoint one of his favorites, a dissolute nobleman, to a high office, asked him what security he would be able to give "I need no bondsmen," he replied, "for I can give you my word of honor." "And pray what may be the value of that?" inquired the amused Regent. "Monsieur, it is worth its weight in gold."
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