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slave

/sleɪv/
Meanings
  • noun

    A person who is owned by another and is forced to work against their will.

    - "The slave was set free after the owner's death."
    - "The plantation was run with the help of many slaves."
  • noun

    A person who is completely subordinate to someone else and does their bidding.

    - "The CEO made the low-level employees into his personal slaves."
    - "The dictator turned his citizens into slaves."
Pronunciation
  1. /sleɪv/



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Antonyms

master , primary
Synonyms

secondary , worker , wretch
Rhymes
Words rhyming with slave
jave , grave , wave , cave , rave
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. slave (en) : A person who is owned by another and is forced to work against their will.

  2. Slave (en) : A person who devotes their time, effort, or labor to a particular pursuit or person.

Variants
List of all variants of slave that leads to same result
slave , slaves , slaved , slaving , Slave , slave driver , slave drivers , slave labor , slave laborer , slave laborers , slave labour , slave labourer , slave labourers , slave-making ant , slave-making ants , slave owner , slave owners , slaveowner , slaveowners , slave state , slave states , slave trade , slave trades
Forms
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slaves, slaving, slaveship, enslave, enslaved

Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English slawe, from slawan 'to own'.

Trivia
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  1. The transatlantic slave trade began in the late 15th century and lasted until the late 19th century.

  2. The first recorded use of the word 'slave' in English was in the 13th century.

  3. The term 'slave' comes from the Old English word 'slawe', which means 'to own'.

Related Concepts
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  1. Slavery: A system in which people are treated as property and are forced to work against their will.

  2. Transatlantic Slave Trade: The trade in enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Culture
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The term 'slave' carries significant cultural, historical, and symbolic weight due to its association with the transatlantic slave trade and the resulting institution of slavery. It has been a subject of intense study in literature, art, music, and other forms of expression. The experiences of enslaved people have been documented in various genres, including slave narratives, plantation literature, and contemporary works.

How to Memorize "slave"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a person in chains, working in the fields under the watchful eye of a master.

  2. associate

    - Think of the word 'enslaved' to remember the definition of 'slave'.

  3. mnemonics

    - Remember SLAVE as 'Subjugated, Laboring, Against their will, Bonded, Entrapped'.

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