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Slave   /sleɪv/   Listen
noun
Slav  n.  (pl. slavs)  (Written also Slave, and Sclav)  (Ethnol.) One of a race of people occupying a large part of Eastern and Northern Europe, including the Russians, Bulgarians, Roumanians, Servo-Croats, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Wends or Sorbs, Slovaks, etc.



Slave  n.  See Slav.



Slave  n.  
1.
A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another. "Art thou our slave, Our captive, at the public mill our drudge?"
2.
One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.
3.
A drudge; one who labors like a slave.
4.
An abject person; a wretch.
Slave ant (Zool.), any species of ants which is captured and enslaved by another species, especially Formica fusca of Europe and America, which is commonly enslaved by Formica sanguinea.
Slave catcher, one who attempted to catch and bring back a fugitive slave to his master.
Slave coast, part of the western coast of Africa to which slaves were brought to be sold to foreigners.
Slave driver, one who superintends slaves at their work; hence, figuratively, a cruel taskmaster.
Slave hunt.
(a)
A search after persons in order to reduce them to slavery.
(b)
A search after fugitive slaves, often conducted with bloodhounds.
Slave ship, a vessel employed in the slave trade or used for transporting slaves; a slaver.
Slave trade, the business of dealing in slaves, especially of buying them for transportation from their homes to be sold elsewhere.
Slave trader, one who traffics in slaves.
Synonyms: Bond servant; bondman; bondslave; captive; henchman; vassal; dependent; drudge. See Serf.



verb
Slave  v. t.  To enslave.



Slave  v. i.  (past & past part. slaved; pres. part. slaving)  To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.






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"Slave" Quotes from Famous Books



... authorize the slave-trade? God forbid. He commanded the Jews to enslave the heathen around them, saying, "they should be their bondmen forever;" but he has given no such command to other nations. The threatenings and reproofs uttered against Israel, throughout the old Testament, on the subject of slavery, refer to ...
— Aunt Phillis's Cabin - Or, Southern Life As It Is • Mary H. Eastman

... as I know of. My girl, Hannah, has gone off and left me, so I have to keep close at home and slave myself with hard work all the time, and have no opportunity to learn what's going on about town," answered Mrs. Sykes, in ...
— Eventide - A Series of Tales and Poems • Effie Afton

... Leighton. "Capital of the empire, seat of learning, citadel of the church, last and greatest of the great slave-marts. That's a history. Never bother your mind about a man, a woman, or a town that hasn't got a history. They may ...
— Through stained glass • George Agnew Chamberlain

... so small a whim. Look, now: if you go not, Thrym with his giants will come in a mighty army and drive us from Asgard; then he will indeed make Freia his bride, and, moreover, he will have you for his slave under the power of his hammer. How like you this picture, brother of the thunder? Nay, Heimdal's plan is a good one, and I myself will help to ...
— Myths That Every Child Should Know - A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People • Various

... she replied, "I am but a miserable slave. I have been ordered to spin all this hemp into gold thread, but it is impossible, I can never do it, and I know not what will ...
— Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen • Alexander Chodsko


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