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indentured

/ɪnˈdɛntʃərd/
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1

Bound by a legal contract or indenture to work for another person for a specified period of time, historically in exchange for passage to a colony, food, and shelter, or as an apprentice learning a trade.

Example

"Many early European settlers arrived in the American colonies as indentured laborers who worked for several years to pay off their transatlantic passage."

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indentation
indention
indenture
indentured
independence
independent
independently

Word Origin & Etymology

Derived from the noun indenture, which comes from Anglo-French endenture and Medieval Latin indentura, referring to a legal contract written in duplicate on a single sheet and cut apart along a jagged, tooth-like (Latin dens, 'tooth') line so the two halves could later be matched to verify authenticity.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Indentured. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/indentured
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