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enslaver

enslaver

1 8.2
A person who forces others to live and work without freedom
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈsleɪvər/
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  • The novel tells the story of a rebellious slave who fought against his enslaver's oppressive rule.

Examples

  • Throughout history, many enslavers brutally forced people into servitude for their own gain.

  • I charge him with being the greatest robber and enslaver on this earth!

  • The British Empire—enslavers of entire nations

    Blog text (2)
  • Taking the opposite position, mid-nineteenth-century enslavers from the U.S. often made the case that the abolition of slavery would cause financial ruin.

    Academic text (2017)
  • If he were white and his enslavers British, he'd be weighed down by the medals and honours we would bestow upon him.

  • 12 Davidson, on the other hand, stretches to find mitigating circumstances for the enslavers.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Domestic labor is legal in the USA, but that does not stop law enforcement from discovering domestics held as slaves and prosecuting the enslavers.

    Blog text (8)
  • His publications identified and elaborated on, among other things, drapetomania and dysaesthesia aethiopica, which pathologized the tendencies of slaves not to want to do what their enslavers demanded of them.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Records show that some enslavers justified their actions by claiming it was necessary for their economic prosperity.

Synonyms

slave owner
vsenslaver
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15 6.9

Someone who keeps another person as property and forces them to work for no pay

forces people into that condition or keeps them without freedom
slaver
vsenslaver
11 9.6

A person who buys and sells people as slaves

focuses more on forcing or keeping people in that state rather than trading
slave trader
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10 9.1

A person who buys and sells people as slaves

emphasizes forcing or holding people in that state rather than commercial trade
slaveholder
vsenslaver
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5 7.8

A person who owns other people and forces them to work without pay

forces people into that condition or keeps them without freedom
slave-driver
vsenslaver
  • Offensive
1 7.5

A person who forces others to work very hard and treats them badly

involves forcing into or holding people in that condition, not only harsh work
slave dealer
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1 9.9

A person who buys and sells people to force them to work without freedom

is more about forcing into or keeping people in that state than trading
subjugator
vsenslaver
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1 9.9

A person who conquers people by force and makes them obey

is specifically about forcing into or keeping people in that condition

Antonyms

21 5.3

A person who frees people from slavery or prison

4 7.5

A person who frees others from slavery or unfair control

How Oppressive

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1 8.2
oppressor
33 7.5
controller
116 4.2
supervisor
346 2.8

Surface Forms

enslaver singular
enslavers plural

Morphology

enslaver = enslave (transparent) = enslave + er

Regular agentive formation from the verb 'enslave' by adding '-er', so the meaning 'person who enslaves' is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word enslaver is made from slave and the ending -er, where -er means 'one who does something'. The word slave came from a word for the Slavic people who were often captured and forced to work, so an enslaver is someone who 'makes someone a slave' and takes away their freedom.