slaver
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈsleɪvər/
:
esclavista
- The prisoners scrambled back to the plaza, where two slavers flogged them without mercy.
- pirates and slavers
Who is descended from somebody who was only descended from slaves, and who is descended both from slaves and slavers?
- Who is descended from somebody who was only descended from slaves, and who is descended both from slaves and slavers?
Examples
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Since profits are high, slavers have plenty of money to pay off government officials and local police.
Academic text (2006) -
The slaver was arrested for illegally trafficking people across borders.
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But saying first that I, as a slaver, was wrong.
Fiction book (1996) -
I am not a slaver.
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Under the circumstances, he is a slaver.
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Well, Pleasure Island is run by slavers, right?
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The Spanish slavers would not have attacked on my wedding day.
Fiction book (1995) -
Hail Africa, the slavers have come.
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On the fifteenth day, the mounted slavers stopped at the top of a hill.
Fiction book (1995) -
Most slavers set sail in December or January to arrive at Madagascar between June and August.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
15
6.9
Someone who keeps another person as property and forces them to work for no pay
10
9.1
A person who buys and sells people as slaves
5
7.8
A person who owns other people and forces them to work without pay
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8.2
A person who forces others to live and work without freedom
1
9.9
A person who buys and sells people to force them to work without freedom
Antonyms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slaver comes from the word slave ('a person forced to work'), and slave originally came from a word for Slav because many Slavic people were taken as slaves long ago. So a slaver is someone who buys, sells, or owns slaves.