slavelessadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈsleɪvlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈsleɪvlᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: slave n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < slave n. + -less suffix.

Chiefly historical in later use.

A. adj.

Not holding people in slavery; (also) without enslaved workers.

ΚΠ

1804 J. Q. Adams Proposed Amendm. to Constitut. in Writings (1914) III. 96 The whole amount of net revenue collected from that source throughout the United States was $8,359,227.96 of which sum $6,103,898.69 was collected in the ten slaveless states.

1824 Oriental Herald Dec. 510 Her [i.e. Greece's] glad Ægean's tide Shall lave with pride A thousand slaveless isles.

1858 Chicago Daily Tribune 17 Mar. More than half the population of the South are slaveless whites.

1925 W. S. Davis Day in Old Rome vii. 130 The very poor plebeians are, of course, slaveless and servantless.

1945 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 30 222 They [sc. the mountain folk of Georgia] were a slaveless people, eking out their existence with the labor of their own hands.

2017 F. A. Nabors From Oligarchy to Republicanism vi. 249 From 1850 to 1860, the percentage of slaveless Southern farms increased from 40 percent to 50 percent.

B. n.

With the and plural agreement. People who do not hold others in slavery, considered as a group or class.

1860 Cass County Republican (Dowagiac, Michigan) 28 June While the President has done all in his power to secure ‘slaves to the slaveless’, he unceremoniously slaughters a measure giving ‘land to the landless’.

1914 W. S. Davis Day in Old Athens 22 Only the slaveless (the poorest of all) must take away their modest rations of boiled lentils, peas, beans, onions, and garlic.

2018 R. L. Bushman Amer. Farmer in 18th Cent. xii. 227 Bartholomew Kindred..was one of the slaveless in Albemarle County in 1782.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	slaveless
释义	slavelessadj.n. Brit. /ˈsleɪvlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈsleɪvlᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: slave n., -less suffix. Etymology: < slave n. + -less suffix. Chiefly historical in later use. A. adj. Not holding people in slavery; (also) without enslaved workers. ΚΠ 1804 J. Q. Adams Proposed Amendm. to Constitut. in Writings (1914) III. 96 The whole amount of net revenue collected from that source throughout the United States was $8,359,227.96 of which sum $6,103,898.69 was collected in the ten slaveless states. 1824 Oriental Herald Dec. 510 Her [i.e. Greece's] glad Ægean's tide Shall lave with pride A thousand slaveless isles. 1858 Chicago Daily Tribune 17 Mar. More than half the population of the South are slaveless whites. 1925 W. S. Davis Day in Old Rome vii. 130 The very poor plebeians are, of course, slaveless and servantless. 1945 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 30 222 They [sc. the mountain folk of Georgia] were a slaveless people, eking out their existence with the labor of their own hands. 2017 F. A. Nabors From Oligarchy to Republicanism vi. 249 From 1850 to 1860, the percentage of slaveless Southern farms increased from 40 percent to 50 percent. B. n. With the and plural agreement. People who do not hold others in slavery, considered as a group or class. Π 1860 Cass County Republican (Dowagiac, Michigan) 28 June While the President has done all in his power to secure ‘slaves to the slaveless’, he unceremoniously slaughters a measure giving ‘land to the landless’. 1914 W. S. Davis Day in Old Athens 22 Only the slaveless (the poorest of all) must take away their modest rations of boiled lentils, peas, beans, onions, and garlic. 2018 R. L. Bushman Amer. Farmer in 18th Cent. xii. 227 Bartholomew Kindred..was one of the slaveless in Albemarle County in 1782. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < adj.n.1804
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