A slave, bondman, thrall.
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| 释义 | society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] > slave (71) theowc893 A slave, bondman, thrall. thrallc950 One who is in bondage to a lord or master; a villein, serf, bondman, slave; also, in vaguer use, a servant, subject; transferred one whose… young manOE spec. uses of sense 1a. In Anglo-Saxon England: a male youth, esp. a bondsman, who is not yet capable of working fully to the capacity expected of a… slavec1290 One who is the property of, and entirely subject to, another person, whether by capture, purchase, or birth; a servant completely divested of freedom… boyc1300 A male servant, slave, assistant, junior employee, etc. In general use. Now rare except in some former British colonies. servanta1325 A person who is in bondage to another, a slave. Used in translations, esp. of biblical passages; hence also in passages echoing or alluding to… bondc1330 Base vassal, serf; one in bondage to a superior; a slave; also figurative. (In late examples blending with the adjective use.) bondmana1340 A man in bondage; a villein; a serf, slave. manciplea1387 A slave or servant. Obsolete. man's-bond?a1400 a slave or bondsman (in quot. used collectively with plural agreement). thrillc1480 One who is bound in servitude; a thrall. thrillman n. Obsolete bondman. thrillmanc1480 One who is bound in servitude; a thrall. thrillman n. Obsolete bondman. serf1483 A slave, bondman. Also figurative. Obsolete. bondservant1535 bondslave1561 A more emphatic term for slave or bondman. bondling1587 A slave; a slave-child. slave-boy1607 Appositive, as slave-boy, slave-girl, slave-labourer, slave-martyr, slave-pander, slave-soldier, slave-subject, slave-wife, slave woman, etc. slave-labourer1607 Appositive, as slave-boy, slave-girl, slave-labourer, slave-martyr, slave-pander, slave-soldier, slave-subject, slave-wife, slave woman, etc. chattel1649 Used (chiefly rhetorically, by emancipation writers and others) of slaves or bondmen. bondsman1713 A man in bondage; a villein; a serf, slave. livestock1755 In extended use and figurative, applied to human beings, esp. slaves. Cf. stock, n.1 54b. esne1819 The Old English designation of a class of domestic slaves. thirl-man1871 bondman, serf. task-labourer1897 Subcategories:— collectively (6) — a company of (2) — female (14) — one born in slavery (2) — black (8) — white (1) — in Muslim countries (1) — in Spanish American colonies (1) — in Jamaica (1) — slave used by Nazis (1) — slave on plantation (1) — slave with specific duties (3) — slave used as a pawn (2) — one in most degrading slavery (1) — semi-slave (2) — one comparable to slave (1) |
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