Meaning & use
bondsman
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A person who provides money as a guarantee that someone will appear in court, allowing them to be released before trial.
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Unable to pay the full bail, the family turned to a bondsman.
The bondsman explained the fees before posting bail for the defendant.
A note on using this word
In older or literary usage, "bondsman" could also mean a person bound in servitude to another; the bail-related sense is the common one today.
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2. noun
(archaic) A person legally bound in servitude to another; a slave or serf.
In the old texts, the bondsman had no legal rights of his own.
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