Indentured
Definition
Having lived or living in the condition of a hired servant; a person employed as a hand for a master, assimilated into rural or domestic servitude. In an extended sense, it describes the social status of an individual who has lost economic independence and is constrained to perform subordinate labor for others.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Indentured
- Bound in service
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Variable adjective with standard masculine, feminine, and structural plural variations. |
| Formation | Past participle of the archaic verb 'argăți', functionally stabilized as an independent descriptive adjective. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [ar.ɡə.ˈt͡sit] |
| Source | Lexicon of Historical Status Descriptors and Legal Archaisms |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Omul acela argățit la bătrânul cârciumar nu avea nicio speranță de a mai deține vreodată propria gospodărie.
EN: That man bound in service to the old innkeeper had no hope of ever owning his own household again.
RO: Fiecare fiu argățit trimitea o parte din puținii bani câștigați părinților săi rămași în satul natal.
EN: Each son employed as a hand sent a part of the few earned coins to his parents remaining in his native village.
RO: După ani grei de muncă în care s-a simțit argățit și umilit, el a fugit peste munți în căutarea libertății.
EN: After bitter years of labor in which he felt indentured and humiliated, he fled across the mountains in search of freedom.
Idioms & Phrases
Tânăr argățit / Indentured youth
RO: Băiat trimis la curțile înstărite pentru ucenicie sau munci grele, lipsit de protecție socială legală.
EN: A boy sent to wealthy estates for apprenticeship or hard labor, lacking legal social protection.
Om argățit din născare / Born into servitude
RO: Expresie veche folosită pentru a descrie pe cineva dintr-o dinastie de servitori, fără șanse de ascensiune socială.
EN: An old expression used to describe someone from a lineage of servants, with no chances of social advancement.
Timp argățit / Time spent in service
RO: Perioadă din viața unui om dedicată exclusiv muncii pentru un stăpân, socotită adesea ca ani pierduți.
EN: A period in a person's life dedicated exclusively to working for a master, often accounted as lost years.
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