Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bondsman

Bondsman ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Bond, a. or n. + man.]

1.
A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman.
Carnal, greedy people, without such a precept, would have no mercy upon their poor bondsmen. — Derham
2.
(Law) A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another.