Definition of slave
slave
adjectiveExplore Merriam-Webster
Examples of slave in a Sentence
He treats her like a slave.
Do it yourself! I'm not your slave!
Recent Examples of slave from the Web
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Some say it was created for Sir Frances Drake while the more likely story is that slaves in the Cuban sugar cane fields crafted the drink from a homemade rum called aguadiente (literal translation: firewater), mint and limes.
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The people of color on Game of Thrones who are relegated to those non-speaking roles of servant and slave, stripped of their power and completely without a voice?
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What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?
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The display wants visitors to decide whether Franklin, a slave owner, ultimately opposed slavery.
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The Buffalo News speculated that maybe there was friction with slaves passing through on the Underground Railroad, but no one really knows for sure.
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In the mid-1970s, Fawn Brodie changed Jefferson’s public image by highlighting his relationship with the slave Sally Hemings....
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But her most troubling decision, to judge by the criticisms that have arisen in recent days, is the excision of a character: Hallie, a slave girl who figures significantly in both Cullinan’s novel and Siegel’s movie.
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The belief that one day this ferocious beast of unrelenting wilderness and grim seas will become a slave to the will of man is absolutely folly.
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Origin and Etymology of slave
Middle English sclave, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Sclavus Slav; from the frequent enslavement of Slavs in central Europe during the early Middle Ages
Other Government and Politics Terms
slave
Definition of slave
slaved
;slaving
Examples of slave in a Sentence
I slaved all morning to get the work done on time.
She's been slaving away at her homework.
Recent Examples of slave from the Web
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Many lemonade recipes call for boiling water, but who wants to do that in summer? Slaving over a hot stove is not required for this easy recipe.
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For instance, Ancestry.com has a number of relevant message boards, including one specific to slave information.
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The PS4 Pro's power has been effectively slaved to the baseline PlayStation 4.
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The bill clearly stated that the purpose was to recognize the part slaves played in settling this steamy, wild land and to acknowledge the inhumanity of their state while doing so.
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The Japanese treated their prisoners with extreme brutality as they were marched to prison camps and to slave labor in Japan.
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For decades, North Korea has been accused of sending workers abroad and confiscating most of their wages, an arrangement that activists liken to slave labor.
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Before slavery was restricted by the Spanish crown, in 1542, slaving parties scoured Honduras, kidnapping Indians to work plantations, mines, and households.
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First Known Use of slave
1602
Slave
playDefinition of Slave
river 258 miles (415 kilometers) long in Canada flowing from the western end of Lake Athabasca north into Great Slave Lake
SLAVE Defined for English Language Learners
slave
playDefinition of slave for English Language Learners
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: someone who is legally owned by another person and is forced to work for that person without pay
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: a person who is strongly influenced and controlled by something
slave
Definition of slave for English Language Learners
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: to work very hard
SLAVE Defined for Kids
Definition of slave for Students
slaved
;slaving
: to work very hard, for long hours, or under difficult conditions … I could only see myself slaving … in the tobacco fields. — Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped
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