bondsman

n.

1. A person who provides bond or surety for another.
2. A male bondservant.

noun

One who posts bond: bail, bailsman. See law.

"asurety; one who is bound or gives surety for another," 59 N.E. 557, 558; a person who obtains surety bonds for others for a fee; also, the individual who arranges for the defendant in a criminal case to be released from jail by posting a bail bond.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A fool who, having property of his own, undertakes to become responsible for that entrusted to another to a third. Philippe of Orleans wishing to appoint one of his favorites, a dissolute nobleman, to a high office, asked him what security he would be able to give. "I need no bondsmen," he replied, "for I can give you my word of honor." "And pray what may be the value of that?" inquired the amused Regent. "Monsieur, it is worth its weight in gold."

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IN BRIEF: A male slave; A male bound to serve without wages;

Tutor's tip: A "bondman" is a serf or a slave, while a "bondsman" is a person who provides bail.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - træl, slave

Nederlands (Dutch)
slaaf, borg, borgsteller

Français (French)
n. - (Jur) garant, caution, (Hist) serf, esclavage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sklave, Bürge

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δούλος, σκλάβος, δουλοπάροικος

Italiano (Italian)
schiavo, garante

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fiador (m)

Русский (Russian)
поручитель

Español (Spanish)
n. - esclavo, siervo, fiador, garante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - livegen, träl, slav

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
奴隶, 保释人, 保证人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 奴隸, 保釋人, 保證人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 노예 , 보증인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 保証人, 奴隷

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عبد, خادم بلا أجر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משועבד, עבד, מתחייב, ערב‬

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