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plural slaves
slaved; slaving; slaves
1
a
: of, relating to, involving, or used for slavery or enslaved people
b
: held in or forced into servitude : enslaved
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun He's a slave to fashion trends. Do it yourself! I'm not your slave! Verb I slaved all morning to get the work done on time. She's been slaving away at her homework.
Recent Examples on the Web
Maya Chung, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022 As a slave, the Negro revolted—fought, bled and died to break the chains that bound him. Matthew F. Delmont, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022 Freed after a quarter-century as a slave, Wilson sent letters to the Freedmen’s Bureau seeking assistance locating his siblings, but unfortunately, the letters were never delivered. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Aug. 2022 According to the students’ research, Nott spent the first 30 years of his life as a slave. Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2022 According to Genesis, Abraham’s great-grandson, Joseph, was sold into Egypt as a slave. The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2022 Bridget Mason, later nicknamed Biddy, was born in 1818 as a slave to a Mississippi man named Robert Smith. Robert L. Woodson Sr., WSJ, 17 June 2022 While standing on this rock, Henderson’s grandfather said, your great-grandfather was sold as a slave at the age of 12. Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2022 When the exhibition finishes at the end of August, the objects will travel to Ouidah, once a slave port, where authorities are building a new slavery museum. Elian Peltier, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2022 In other words, the founding fathers were well aware of the economic advantage to slave owners of limiting the Atlantic slave trade. New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021 Change your scenery and let someone else slave over the stove. Heidi Mitchell, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021 Another school in Utah — Centennial Middle School in Provo — randomly assigned students to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Dec. 2021 Born to slave parents in 1838 in Arkansas, Bass Reeves was a member of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Okla Jones, Essence, 28 Oct. 2021 Another school in Utah — Centennial Middle School in Provo — came under fire in the spring for randomly assigning students to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2021 Sampson presents a comprehensive view of the obstacles the young poet faced: illness, devastating personal losses, fluctuating family fortunes (which were tied to slave labor in Jamaica), and rigid cultural and social norms. Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2021 Historians have noted that this harkens back to the Fugitive Slave laws of the 19th century, which offered cash incentives to white Americans to turn in their Black neighbors to slave catchers. Jenny Singer, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2021 See More
Noun
In Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls, the novelist imagines the Trojan War from the perspective of Briseis, a minor female character in the Iliad who is taken as a slave by Achilles. Maya Chung, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022 As a slave, the Negro revolted—fought, bled and died to break the chains that bound him. Matthew F. Delmont, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022 Freed after a quarter-century as a slave, Wilson sent letters to the Freedmen’s Bureau seeking assistance locating his siblings, but unfortunately, the letters were never delivered. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Aug. 2022 According to the students’ research, Nott spent the first 30 years of his life as a slave. Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2022 According to Genesis, Abraham’s great-grandson, Joseph, was sold into Egypt as a slave. The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2022 Bridget Mason, later nicknamed Biddy, was born in 1818 as a slave to a Mississippi man named Robert Smith. Robert L. Woodson Sr., WSJ, 17 June 2022 While standing on this rock, Henderson’s grandfather said, your great-grandfather was sold as a slave at the age of 12. Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2022 When the exhibition finishes at the end of August, the objects will travel to Ouidah, once a slave port, where authorities are building a new slavery museum. Elian Peltier, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 Verb
The first wave of refugees was from the Darfur region of Sudan, followed by Eritreans escaping brutal military dictatorship and forced conscription that has been compared to slave labor. Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2022 In other words, the founding fathers were well aware of the economic advantage to slave owners of limiting the Atlantic slave trade. New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021 Change your scenery and let someone else slave over the stove. Heidi Mitchell, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021 Another school in Utah — Centennial Middle School in Provo — randomly assigned students to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Dec. 2021 Born to slave parents in 1838 in Arkansas, Bass Reeves was a member of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Okla Jones, Essence, 28 Oct. 2021 Another school in Utah — Centennial Middle School in Provo — came under fire in the spring for randomly assigning students to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2021 Sampson presents a comprehensive view of the obstacles the young poet faced: illness, devastating personal losses, fluctuating family fortunes (which were tied to slave labor in Jamaica), and rigid cultural and social norms. Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2021 Historians have noted that this harkens back to the Fugitive Slave laws of the 19th century, which offered cash incentives to white Americans to turn in their Black neighbors to slave catchers. Jenny Singer, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
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
First Known Use
Noun
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1602, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2
Adjective
1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1b
Time Traveler
The first known use of slave was in the 13th century Phrases Containing slave
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