Associations to the word «Bondswoman»

Wiktionary

BONDSWOMAN, noun. The female equivalent of a bondsman.

Dictionary definition

BONDSWOMAN, noun. Someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else.
BONDSWOMAN, noun. A female bound to serve without wages.
BONDSWOMAN, noun. A female slave.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats