Slave

Definition of Slave

Pronunciation: slāv
n.1.See Slav.
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?
- Milton.
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.
- Barth.
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.
v. i.1.To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.
[imp. & p. p. Slaved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaving.]
v. t.1.To enslave.

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