Associations to the word «Redemptioner»

Wiktionary

REDEMPTIONER, noun. An immigrant, generally from the 18th or 19th century, that gained passage to America by selling themselves as an indentured servant.
REDEMPTIONER, noun. Someone who redeems oneself, such as from debt or servitude.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne