redemptioner
英 [rɪ'dempʃənə]
美[rɪ'dɛmpʃənɚ]
- n. 出卖劳力来抵偿船资的移民
英文词源
- redemptioner (n.)
- "indentured servant," 1775, from redemption + -er (1).
REDEMPTIONER. One who redeems himself or purchases his release from debt or obligation to the master of a ship by his services; or one whose services are sold to pay the expenses of his passage to America. [Webster, 1830]