bondsman vs adult male

bondsman and adult male both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bondsman	Yes	No	No	No
adult male	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, adult male is a hypernym of bondsman; that is, adult male is a word with a broader meaning than bondsman:

Other hypernyms of bondsman include man, slave.

As nouns, adult male is a hypernym of bondsman; that is, adult male is a word with a broader meaning than bondsman:

Other hypernyms of bondsman include bond servant, man.

bondsman (noun)	adult male (noun)
a male slave	an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
a male bound to serve without wages
a male who signs a bond as surety for someone else