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  • 61bondwoman — /bond woom euhn/, n., pl. bondwomen. a female slave. [1350 1400; ME bonde womman. See BOND2, WOMAN] * * * …

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  • 62bondage — bond|age [ˈbɔndıdʒ US ˈba:n ] n [U] 1.) the state of having your freedom limited, or being prevented from doing what you want ▪ young women lost to the bondage of early motherhood 2.) literary the state of being a slave in bondage ▪ Since the age …

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  • 63bondage — bond|age [ bandıdʒ ] noun uncount 1. ) the activity of tying someone up with ropes or chains for sexual pleasure: bondage equipment 2. ) FORMAL a situation in which a person belongs to someone as their SLAVE: Desperate parents were forced to sell …

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  • 64bondmaid — bond•maid [[t]ˈbɒndˌmeɪd[/t]] n. 1) a female slave 2) a woman bound to service without wages • Etymology: 1520–30 …

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  • 65bondman — bond•man [[t]ˈbɒnd mən[/t]] also bondsman II n. pl. men 1) a male slave 2) a man bound to service without wages 3) law (in the Middle Ages) a villein or other partially free tenant • Etymology: 1200–50 …

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  • 66bondwoman — bond•wom•an [[t]ˈbɒndˌwʊm ən[/t]] n. pl. wom•en a female slave • Etymology: 1350–1400 …

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  • 67United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 68South Africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 42,327,458; 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town. Formerly, Union of South Africa. * * * South Africa Introduction South Africa… …

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  • 69performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 70History of Ghana — The Republic of Ghana is named after the medieval West African Ghana Empire,[1] known to the dominant ethnic group the Soninke, as Wagadugu, which roughly translates to Land of Herds. The Empire became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana… …

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