bondwoman

variants also bondswoman
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Noun
  • In Florida, a defendant usually pays 10% of the total bond amount to a bondsman to bail out of jail.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Cole works in the office of a bail bondsman in northern Virginia, the charging document states.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 5 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Jews celebrate the freeing of Israelite slaves from Egypt and Moses guiding them to the Promised Land.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • In 1861, Abraham Lincoln, a member of the Republican Party, signed the Emancipation Proclamation and freed all slaves living in non-Union states.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Bondwoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bondwoman. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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