bondager

noun

bond·​ag·​er

-jə(r)

plural -s

1

: one that performs bondage service

2

chiefly Scottish : one obligated to perform certain services on a farm

specifically : a woman engaged by a tenant farmer or cotter under an agreement with the proprietor to do field work on the farm

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