Definitions for redemptioner

redemptioner re·demp·tion·er

Spelling: [ri-demp-shuh-ner]
IPA: /rɪˈdɛmp ʃə nər/

Redemptioner is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 879 anagrams from letters in redemptioner (deeeimnoprrt).

Definitions for redemptioner

noun

  1. an emigrant from Europe to America who obtained passage by becoming an indentured servant for a specified period of time.

Origin of redemptioner

First recorded in 1765-75; redemption + -er1

Examples for redemptioner

The Sot-Weed Factor gives a much less rose-colored account of the life of a redemptioner.

Overdursh,--, Dutch redemptioner bought with his family, 167.

That's Black Jim Lewis, that stole me away from home and sold me for a redemptioner.

No taint was apparently attached to it, and many a worthy family had a "redemptioner" for its first American ancestor.

And if my father came out a redemptioner, and worked his way, so had old Mr. Dulany.

Mr. Quimby bought him at the wharf out of a redemptioner ship.

This proprietor, who is now so wealthy, came over a redemptioner, and owes his present wealth to his industry and frugality.

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