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    slave
    /sleɪv/

    noun

    • 1. a person who is forced to work for and obey another and is considered to be their property; an enslaved person: "they kidnapped entire towns and turned the inhabitants into slaves" Similar bondsmanbondswomanbondservantbondslaveOpposite freemanmaster
    • 2. a device, or part of one, directly controlled by another: "a slave cassette deck"

    verb

    • 1. work excessively hard: "after slaving away for fourteen years all he gets is two thousand"
    • 2. subject (a device) to control by another: "should the need arise, the two channels can be slaved together"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSLAVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    a person who is legally owned by someone else and has to work for that person: Black slaves used to work on the cotton plantations of the southern United States. I'm tired of being treated like a slave! Fewer examples. a galley slave. a slave and his master. Slaves were treated with sickening cruelty.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › slaveSlave Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of SLAVE is someone captured, sold, or born into chattel slavery. How to use slave in a sentence.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › slaveSLAVE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    noun. a person legally owned by another and having no freedom of action or right to property. a person who is forced to work for another against his will. a person under the domination of another person or some habit or influence. a slave to television.

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  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSLAVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    A slave is a person who is owned by another person and has to work for that person without pay.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishslave noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    a person who is owned by another person and is forced to work for and obey them. A former slave, he graduated from Claflin University in South Carolina. She treated her daughter like a slave. the slave trader Edward Colston. freed slaves. Prisoners of war were regularly sold as slaves.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › slaveSlave - definition of slave by The Free Dictionary

    A slave is a person who is owned or controlled by another, or who is subject to a specified influence. The word slave comes from the Old French esclave, which means "Slav", and refers to the widespread enslavement of Slavs in the Middle Ages.

  9. www.oed.com › dictionary › slave_nslave, n. & adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    Jul 13, 2023 · A person who has the (legal) status of being the property of another, has no personal freedom or rights, and is used as forced labour or as an unpaid servant; an enslaved person. For earlier terms in English, see theow n. and thrall n.1 A.I.1a.