assigned servant

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assigned servant

noun assigned servants

  1. Australia, UK, historical A convict assigned to work as a servant for a free settler (either a male or female convict, and either a male or female settler). And be it further Enacted, by the authority and with the advice aforesaid, That the time during which every offender shall continue in or at any gaol, port, or place of confinement, penitentiary or factory, or as an assigned servant, shall be taken and reckoned in part discharge of the term of his o

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@misc{assigned_servant_2026,
  title = {assigned servant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/assigned%20servant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}