indentured servants

Definition of indentured servantsnext
plural of indentured servant
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Noun
  • In 2011, the teenage prince, Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, arrived at USC with a small army of servants for an undergrad filled with luxury Lakers suites, exotic cars and a full-time residence at the Beverly Wilshire hotel.
    Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • Chunhyang tried to get a message to him through servants, but the messages never reached him.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Nowadays there is less merriment, sunk as Moscow is in a combination of Putin stagnation, the Ukraine war, and the techno-feudalism that is making serfs of all of us in a world owned by billionaires pumping propaganda through the black boxes in the palm of our hands.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Indentured servants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indentured%20servants. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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