slave
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA /sleɪv/
Noun
slave noun
- A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
- A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.
- An abject person.
- One who has no power of resistance (to something), one who surrenders to or is under the domination (of something).“a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition”
Verb
slave verb
- To work as a slaver, to enslave people.
- To work hard.“I was slaving all day over a hot stove.”
- To place a device under the control of another.“to slave a hard disk”
Related terms
Synonyms
secondaryworkerwretchslaveholdingservilebondknuckle downbuckle downstriverenthralledenslavedhard workerin bondageslaveryservitudeenslavementbondagethrall