The difference between Assigned servant and Convict
When used as nouns, assigned servant means a convict assigned to work as a servant for a free settler (either a male or female convict, and either a male or female settler), whereas convict means a person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
Convict is also verb with the meaning: as a result of legal proceedings, of a crime, of charges, on charges of something.
check bellow for the other definitions of Assigned servant and Convict
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Assigned servant as a noun (UK, Australia, historical):
A convict assigned to work as a servant for a free settler (either a male or female convict, and either a male or female settler).
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Convict as a verb (transitive):
to find guilty as a result of legal proceedings, of a crime, of charges, on charges of something informally, notably in a moral sense; said about both perpetrator and act
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Convict as a verb (esp. religious):
to convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something)
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Convict as a noun (legal):
A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
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Convict as a noun:
A person deported to a penal colony.
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Convict as a noun:
The convict cichlid (), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
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Convict as a noun:
A common name for the sheepshead (), owing to its black and gray stripes.