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1. (n.) slave
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; bond servant.
2. slave
a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person.
3. slave
a drudge:
a housekeeping slave.
4. slave
a mechanism under control of and repeating the actions of a similar mechanism.
5. (v.i.) slave
to work like a slave; drudge.
6. slave
to engage in the slave trade.
7. (v.t.) slave
Archaic. to enslave.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME sclave < ML sclāvus (masc.), sclāva (fem.) slave, orig., Slav ; so called because Slavs were commonly enslaved in the early Middle Ages)
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| Definition of 'slave' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) slave
a person who is owned by someone
2. (noun) slave, striver, hard worker
someone who works as hard as a slave
3. (verb) slave
someone entirely dominated by some influence or person
"a slave to fashion"; "a slave to cocaine"; "his mother was his abject slave"
4. (verb) slave, break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down
work very hard, like a slave
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1. (noun) slave
sb who is considered the property of another person and forced to work without pay
white farmers who owned slaves
2. (verb) slave
to work very hard
workers slaving in the coal mines
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| Definition of 'slave' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) slave
see Slav
2. (noun) slave
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
3. (noun) slave
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
4. (noun) slave
a drudge; one who labors like a slave
5. (noun) slave
an abject person; a wretch
6. (verb) slave
to drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave
7. (verb) slave
to enslave
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| Definitions of 'slave' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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slave
A person with a servile mind, who quickly crooks the pregnant hinges of the knee, that thrift may follow fawning; who gratifies his wants either through cringing flattery or coercion, and who tyrannizes over others whenever he has a chance.
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Sense: a person who works for a master to whom he belongs
In the nineteenth century many Africans were sold as slaves in the United States.
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 Afrikaans: slaaf |
 Arabic: عَبْد |
 Bulgarian: роб |
 Brazilian: escravo |
 Czech: otrok, -yně |
 German: der Sklave, die Sklavin |
 Danish: slave |
 Greek: σκλάβος, δούλος |
 Spanish: esclavo |
 Estonian: ori |
 Farsi: برده |
 Finnish: orja |
 French: esclave |
 Hebrew: עֶבֶד |
 Hindi: दास, गुलाम |
 Croatian: rob, ropkinja |
 Hungarian: rabszolga |
 Indonesian: budak |
 Icelandic: þræll |
 Italian: schiavo |
 Japanese: 奴隷 |
 Korean: 노예 |
 Lithuanian: vergas |
 Latvian: vergs |
 Malay: hamba abdi |
 Dutch: slaaf |
 Norwegian: slave, trell |
 Polish: niewolnik |
 Persian: برده |
 Pashto: غلام |
 Portuguese: escravo |
 Romanian: sclav |
 Russian: раб, невольник |
 Slovak: otrok, -kyňa |
 Slovenian: suženj |
 Serbian: rob |
 Swedish: slav, träl |
 Thai: ทาส |
 Turkish: köle |
 Taiwanese: 奴隸 |
 Ukrainian: раб, невільник |
 Urdu: غلام |
 Vietnamese: người nô lệ |
 Chinese: 奴隶 |
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