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redemptioner

noun re·demp·tion·er \-sh(ə-)nər\

Definition of REDEMPTIONER

:  an immigrant to America in the 18th and 19th centuries who obtained passage by becoming an indentured servant
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First Known Use of REDEMPTIONER

1771

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