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slave
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21 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. slave
  2. slave ant
  3. slave bracelet
  4. slave clock
  5. slave-drive
  6. slave driver
  7. slave labor
  8. slave-making ant
  9. slave market
  10. slave state
  11. slave station
  12. slave trade
  13. Slave Coast
  14. field slave
  15. galley slave
  16. master-slave manipulator
  17. wage slave
  18. white slave
  19. wood slave
  20. Great Slave Lake
  21. Lesser Slave Lake

1slave

noun \ˈslāv\

Definition of SLAVE

1
: a person held in servitude as the chattel of another
2
: one that is completely subservient to a dominating influence
3
: a device (as the printer of a computer) that is directly responsive to another
4
: drudge, toiler
— slave adjective
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Examples of SLAVE

  1. He treats her like a slave.
  2. Do it yourself! I'm not your slave!

Origin of SLAVE

Middle English sclave, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Sclavus Slavic; from the frequent enslavement of Slavs in central Europe during the early Middle Ages
First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SLAVE

Synonyms
bondman (also bondsman), chattel, thrall
Antonyms
freeman

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

Rhymes with SLAVE

brave, cave, clave, crave, fave, glaive, grave, knave, lave, nave, pave, rave, save, shave, stave, waive, wave, Wave

2slave

verb
slavedslav·ing

Definition of SLAVE

transitive verb
1
archaic : enslave
2
: to make directly responsive to another mechanism
intransitive verb
1
: to work like a slave : drudge
2
: to traffic in slaves
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Examples of SLAVE

  1. I slaved all morning to get the work done on time.
  2. She's been slaving away at her homework.

First Known Use of SLAVE

1602

Related to SLAVE

Synonyms
bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, hustle, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, labor, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work

Slave

geographical name \ˈslāv\

Definition of SLAVE

river 258 miles (415 kilometers) Canada flowing from W end of Lake Athabasca N into Great Slave Lake

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