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The "bond" in bondsman was related to the word "bind." A bondsman was a person bound in some way. In the Middle Ages, this usually meant the person was a slave. Later, it usually meant the person was an indentured servant.

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In some English translations of The Bible, 'bondsman' is a euphemism for slave.

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