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indentured
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indentured adjective apprenticed, articled, bound by agreement, bound by contract, contracted, engaged, enslaved, obligated, obliged, promised, tied down, under obligation
Associated concepts: indentured apprentice


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1620: The "Pilgrim Fathers" set sail from Plymouth in the Mayflower, captained by Myles Standish - by no means all the passengers were Puritans, many being planters, indentured servants or craftsmen.
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