slave

slave
noun
ADJECTIVE
escaped, fugitive, runaway
emancipated, freed
former

the son of former slaves

domestic, personal
plantation
galley

galley slaves at the oars of Mediterranean ships

wage

They work as wage slaves for 13 cents an hour.

sex
virtual

She was forced to work as a virtual slave for a rich family.

VERB + SLAVE
become
have, keep, own
export, import
buy, take sb as
sell (sb as)
use (sb as)
treat

He treated the slaves like animals.

emancipate, free, liberate

landowners who freed their slaves voluntarily

SLAVE + NOUN
labour/labor

Without slave labour/labor, the tobacco industry would have collapsed.

labourer/laborer
master, owner, trader
market, trade, traffic

the abolition of the slave trade

ship
population
society

studies comparing slave societies throughout history

state

Virginia was the largest slave state in the Union.

plantation
rebellion, revolt, uprising
quarters

the slave quarters at the rear of the house

girl, woman
wages (figurative)

I'll be working long hours for slave wages!

PREPOSITION
slave of

a slave of habit

slave to

a slave to fashion


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  • slave — [ slav ] adj. et n. • 1575; sclave 1573; lat. médiév. sclavus; cf. esclave ♦ Se dit de peuples d Europe centrale et orientale dont les langues sont apparentées. Peuples slaves. Union slave. ⇒ panslavisme. Le charme slave, qu on prête… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Slave I — is a fictional spacecraft in the Star Wars universe. It first appears in the film under the command of bounty hunter Boba Fett (Jeremy Bulloch), and then in the prequel film commanded by Jango Fett (Temuera Morrison). Slave I also appears in… …   Wikipedia

  • Slave — (sl[=a]v), n. [Cf. F. esclave, D. slaaf, Dan. slave, sclave, Sw. slaf, all fr. G. sklave, MHG. also slave, from the national name of the Slavonians, or Sclavonians (in LL. Slavi or Sclavi), who were frequently made slaves by the Germans. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slave — (slāv) n. 1. One who is owned as the property of someone else, especially in involuntary servitude. 2. One who is subservient to or controlled by another: »his boss s slave. 3. One who is subject to or controlled by a specified influence: »a… …   Word Histories

  • Slave — (engl. für „Sklave“), nicht zu verwechseln mit Slawe, steht für: Master/Slave, ein allgemeines hierarchisches Prinzip der Regelung und Steuerung Slave River, ein Fluss in Kanada Eine devote Person (auch „Sub“ genannt) im BDSM Ein fotografisches… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • slave — [slāv] n. [ME sclave < OFr or ML: OFr esclave < ML sclavus, slave, orig., Slav < LGr Sklabos, ult. < OSlav Slovēne, native name of a Slavic people: first used of captives of Slavic orig. in SE Europe] 1. a human being who is owned as… …   English World dictionary

  • Slave — Indian tribe of northwestern Canada, 1789, from SLAVE (Cf. slave) (n.), translating Cree (Algonquian) awahkan captive, slave …   Etymology dictionary

  • Slave — Slave, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slaved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slaving}.] To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slave — (izg. slȇjv) m DEFINICIJA inform. naziv za podređeni, podčinjeni ili sporedni uređaj [primarni slave; sekundarni slave], opr. master (4) ETIMOLOGIJA engl …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Slave — (sl[aum]v or sl[a^]v; 277) n. See {Slav}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Slave — Slave, v. t. To enslave. Marston. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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