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  • noun Plural form of bondsman.

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Examples

  • His bondsmen were his sympathizers, and the court records show that they were required to pay the forfeited bonds.

    Anti-Slavery Leaders of North Carolina 1898

  • In addition, there were individuals who had quit or had been forced to quit their tribe or their home and had joined the federation leader as his personal "bondsmen"; further, there were individual slaves and, finally, there were the large masses of agriculturists who had been conquered by the federation.

    A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949

  • These "bondsmen" of one sort controlled the votes of from

    Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman William Elliot Griffis 1885

  • In the small main lobby, there was an elevator with an out-of-order sign on it older than I was, an open door to a stairway, and a directory with little plastic letters spelling out the names of bail bondsmen and repo services on black felt.

    Free Excerpt 2/5: Book of Secrets by Chris Roberson 2009

  • Another of his profitable ventures was a school for slaves; Crassus purchased unskilled bondsmen, had them trained, and then sold them for handsome profits.

    Iris Erlingsdottir: Axing Art$ And Humanitie$ Iris Erlingsdottir 2010

  • Another of his profitable ventures was a school for slaves; Crassus purchased unskilled bondsmen, had them trained, and then sold them for handsome profits.

    Iris Erlingsdottir: Axing Art$ And Humanitie$ Iris Erlingsdottir 2010

  • Another of his profitable ventures was a school for slaves; Crassus purchased unskilled bondsmen, had them trained, and then sold them for handsome profits.

    Iris Erlingsdottir: Axing Art$ And Humanitie$ Iris Erlingsdottir 2010

  • My current foster parents, Bruce and Casey Sanderson, were both bail bondsmen, which meant they put up the bail money so defendants could avoid jail time until their court appearance.

    Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011

  • Another of his profitable ventures was a school for slaves; Crassus purchased unskilled bondsmen, had them trained, and then sold them for handsome profits.

    Iris Erlingsdottir: Axing Art$ And Humanitie$ Iris Erlingsdottir 2010

  • HuffPost Hill did some Dog-type sleuthing minus the motorcycles, hair-bleaching, sketchy bondsmen and domestic strife and figured out what happened: The live stream runs over channel 26, which is A&E until the House recording studio flips a switch near the start of the hearing.

    HUFFPOST HILL - Ax Says Gun Control On The Table Eliot Nelson 2011

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