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redemptioner definition

☆ re·demp·tioner (-ər)

noun

Historical a person who paid for passage to America by a stipulated period of service as an indentured servant

Etymology: redemption + -er

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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