Associations to the word «Redemptioner»

Wiktionary

REDEMPTIONER, noun. An immigrant, generally from the 18th or 19th century, that gained passage to America by selling themselves as an indentured servant.
REDEMPTIONER, noun. Someone who redeems oneself, such as from debt or servitude.

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