bondservant
bondservant — 片語
1. a person forced or obliged to serve another without pay, especially in older or
奴僕
受束縛、無工資服役的人
a person forced or obliged to serve another without pay, especially in older or religious writing
In the old record, Miriam is listed as a bondservant in the governor's house.
在那份舊紀錄裡，Miriam 被列為總督家中的奴僕。
be listed as a bondservant in a historical record
The pastor explained that Paul called himself a bondservant of Christ in the letter.
牧師解釋說，Paul 在那封信裡稱自己是基督的奴僕。
bondservant of + religious figure
At the museum, Diego read about a bondservant who worked off a family debt.
在博物館裡，Diego 讀到一名為了償還家族債務而服役的奴僕。
The novel follows a bondservant who hopes to buy back his freedom someday.
那本小說描寫一名奴僕希望有一天能贖回自己的自由。
Village law treated every bondservant as tied to a master until the debt ended.
村裡的法律把每一名奴僕都視為在債務還清前受主人約束的人。
- slave
stronger and more general; often stresses legal ownership rather than a specifically bound service role
- indentured servant
more specific to a fixed-term labour contract, often tied to debt or passage
- servant
broader and usually does not imply legal bondage or unpaid service
- free person
someone who is not legally bound to serve another
- wage earner
someone who works for pay instead of under bonded service
文法句型
be a bondservant
bondservant of + master/Christ
work as a bondservant
用法筆記
Mostly appears in historical writing, Bible translation, or formal discussion of older labour systems. In modern everyday English, writers usually choose servant, enslaved person, or slave depending on the exact relationship.