 slave |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (history) a person who is owned by someone | |
| Related terms: | person creature bondman nat_turner bond_servant dred_scott galley_slave denmark_vesey bondwoman | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (work) someone who works as hard as a slave | |
| Synonyms: | hard_worker striver | |
| Related terms: | worker | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] held in servitude | |
| Examples: | "he was born of slave parents" |
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| Related terms: | free bond slaveholding servile unfree | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] concerned with slaves | |
| Examples: | "slave quarters" slave trader" "slave market" |
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| 5. | [ noun ] someone entirely dominated by some influence or person | |
| Examples: | "a slave to fashion" "a slave to cocaine" "his mother was his abject slave" |
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| Related terms: | person | |
| 6. | [ verb ] (work) work very hard, like a slave | |
| Synonyms: | break_one's_back knuckle_down buckle_down | |
| Related terms: | work | |
| Similar spelling: |
slavey Slav sleeve slope Sliva sleep Slape Slyvia sleepy |
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