What does slaver mean?
Definitions for slaver
ˈslæv ər, ˈsleɪ vər, ˈslɑ-slaver
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Princeton's WordNet
slaver, slave dealer, slave tradernoun
a person engaged in slave trade
slaveholder, slave owner, slaververb
someone who holds slaves
drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribbleverb
let saliva drivel from the mouth
"The baby drooled"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
SLAVERnoun
Spittle running from the mouth; drivel.
Etymology: saliva, Latin; slæfa; Islandick.
Mathiolus hath a passage, that a toad communicates its venom not only by urine, but by the humidity and slaver of its mouth, which will not consist with truth. Brown.
Of all mad creatures, if the learn’d are right,
It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. Alexander Pope.To Slaververb
To smear with drivel.
Twitch’d by the slave he mouths it more and more,
’Till with white froth his gown is slaver’d o’er. Dryden.To Slaververb
Etymology: from the noun.
Should I
Slaver with lips, as common as the stairs
That mount the capitol; join gripes with hands
Made hard with hourly falshood as with labour. William Shakespeare.Miso came with scowling eyes to deliver a slavering good-morrow to the two ladies. Philip Sidney.
Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it,
In vain, against the people’s fav’rite? Jonathan Swift.
ChatGPT
slaver
Slaver is either a noun or a verb depending on usage. As a noun, it refers to a person involved in the practice of slave trade or a ship that was used for transporting slaves. As a verb, it primarily refers to the act of drooling or salivating excessively. It also can metaphorically suggest showing excessive desire or enthusiasm for something.
Webster Dictionary
Slavernoun
a vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship
Slavernoun
a person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a slave merchant, or slave trader
Slaververb
to suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth
Slaververb
to be besmeared with saliva
Slaververb
to smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber
Slavernoun
saliva driveling from the mouth
Etymology: [Cf. Icel. slafra. See Slabber.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Slaver
slav′ėr, n. spittle or saliva running from the mouth.—v.i. to let the saliva run out of the mouth.—v.t. to smear with saliva.—n. Slav′erer.—adv. Slav′eringly, in a slavering manner.—adj. Slav′ery, slabbery. [Slabber.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
slaver
A vessel employed in the odious slave-trade.
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Anagrams for slaver »
salver
versal
serval
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of slaver in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of slaver in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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- النخاسArabic
- sabbern, SklavenhändlerGerman
- δουλέμποροςGreek
- غلامPersian
- orjalaiva, kuolata, orjakauppiasFinnish
- marchand d'esclaves, baver, navire d'esclavesFrench
- kionneyder sleab, saagh sleabManx
- बेहूदा बातHindi
- schiavista, sbavareItalian
- 涎が出るJapanese
- slaverLatin
- slavenschip, slavenhaler, slavenhandelaar, kwijlen, zabberenDutch
- slaverNorwegian
- statek niewolniczy, handlarz niewolników, ślinić sięPolish
- slavSwedish
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