Usually means: Indentured servant paying for passage.
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  1. redemptioner: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. redemptioner: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. redemptioner: Collins English Dictionary
  4. redemptioner: Wordnik
  5. redemptioner: Wiktionary
  6. redemptioner: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. redemptioner: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. redemptioner: Dictionary.com
  9. Redemptioner: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Redemptioner: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. redemptioner: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Redemptioner: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. redemptioner: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. REDEMPTIONER: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  15. redemptioner: Free Dictionary
  16. redemptioner: Dictionary/thesaurus

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Definitions from Wiktionary (redemptioner)

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

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