| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun bondsman.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (bondsman) | 1. A male slave.[Wordnet]. 2. Someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else.[Wordnet]. 3. A male bound to serve without wages.[Wordnet]. 4. A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman.[Websters]. 5. A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another.[Websters]. | |
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Date "BONDSMEN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1597. (references) |
Specialty Definition: bondsman
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Satire | 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." Source: Devil's Dictionary | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A slave.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] A male indentured servant. (references) | 2: [Noun] A male slave. (references) | 3: [Noun] Someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations. (references) |
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Common Expressions: bondsman
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Bail bondsman | A bail bondsman is any person or corporation which will act as a surety and pledge money or property as bail for the appearance of a criminal defendant in court. Although banks, insurance companies and other similar institutions are usually the sureties on other types of contracts, for example, to bond a contractor who is under a contractual obligation to pay for the completion of a construction project, such entities are reluctant to put their depositors' or policyholders' funds at the kind of risk involved in posting a bail bond. Bail bondsmen, on the other hand, are usually in the business to cater exclusively to criminal defendants, often securing their customers' release in just a few hours. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: bondsman | ||||
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| Bail bondsman | 9 | Bail bondsman | 9 | |
| Bondsman | 2 | Bondsman | 2 | |
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