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Slave   /sleɪv/   Listen
noun
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



... "you're incorrigible. You will persist in being the slave of prepossessions. He may have some good reason of his own for accepting. Wait till he shows his hand—and then, we ...
— An African Millionaire - Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay • Grant Allen

... obliging men to serve their country," wrote London Carter, "we are sure to hear a fellow mumble over the words 'liberty' and 'property' a thousand times."[335] The people, too, were in mortal fear of a slave insurrection, and therefore dared not go far from home.[336] Meanwhile a panic reigned along the border. Captain Waggoner, passing a gap in the Blue Ridge, could hardly make his way for the crowd of fugitives. "Every day," ...
— Montcalm and Wolfe • Francis Parkman

... slave-ships, stowing the poor wretches so closely locked together, that it is difficult to ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth

... I do not know! But I care! I would be your woman! I would be your slave! I would wait upon you and serve you faithfully! I would obey your every wish. I am a good servant,—I can cook and sew and wash and sweep—I can do everything in a house and you should have no trouble. You should write and read all ...
— The Secret Power • Marie Corelli

... as it relates to the single medical suggestion which does honor to Cotton Mather's memory. It does not appear that he availed himself of the information which he says, he obtained from his slave, for such ...
— Medical Essays • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.


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