a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another and forced to provide unpaid labor.
a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person: She was a slave to her own ambition.
a drudge: a housekeeping slave.
a slave ant.
Photography. a subsidiary flash lamp actuated through its photoelectric cell when the principal flash lamp is discharged.
Machinery, Computers. a device or process under control of or repeating the actions of a similar device or process.Compare master (def. 21).
verb (used without object),slaved,slav·ing.
to work like a slave; drudge.
to engage in the slave trade; procure, transport, or sell slaves.
verb (used with object),slaved,slav·ing.
Machinery, Computers. to connect (a device) to a master as its slave.
Archaic. to enslave.
Origin of slave
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English sclave (also slave ), from Old French escla(i)ve, and Medieval Latin sclāvus (masculine), sclāva (feminine) “slave,” special use of Sclāvus “Slavic, a Slav, slave” (Latin does not tolerate the consonant cluster sl- and employs the cluster scl- instead); so called because Slavs in Central Europe and the Balkans were commonly enslaved in the early Middle Ages; see origin at Slav
While the finds from the genetic study are largely supported by established narratives and historic records of the transatlantic slave trade, there were also inconsistencies.
Why so many African Americans have Nigerian ancestry|Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu|August 10, 2020|Quartz
Lawmakers, in fact, passed the Fugitive Slave Act two years after statehood, creating a legal mechanism for the return of slaves to their owners.
Sacramento Report: Reparations Bill Marches Forward|Sara Libby and Jesse Marx|July 31, 2020|Voice of San Diego
For the first half of the 19th century, the Senate was a bulwark for the South, with an equal balance of slave and free states despite the growing Northern population advantage.
The Senate Has Always Favored Smaller States. It Just Didn’t Help Republicans Until Now.|Lee Drutman (drutman@newamerica.org)|July 29, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
The Republican Party was the party of Lincoln, the emancipated slaves.
Should America (and FIFA) Pay Reparations? (Ep. 426)|Stephen J. Dubner|July 16, 2020|Freakonomics
According to various estimates, almost 17,000 people among the peak 50,000 population were slaves – who not only worked in households but also in the harbor and storage facilities.
Ostia Antica: Reconstruction and History of The Harbor City of Ancient Rome|Dattatreya Mandal|April 14, 2020|Realm of History
Now that Collette had left La Domaine, who was she a slave to, Collette or R?
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau|Ian Frisch|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He said, too, that after being accepted as a slave to Mistress Couple, he has made massive strides psychologically.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau|Ian Frisch|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Targeting her upper back, Couple sat cross-legged on a table while she whipped her slave.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau|Ian Frisch|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By giving an artistic veto to a madman, we submit to the mindset of a slave.
The Sony Hack and America’s Craven Capitulation To Terror|David Keyes|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the Bible, Moses does kill a guy—the Egyptian slave master who is beating an Israelite to death.
Christian Bale: One Man's Moses Is Another Man's Terrorist|Candida Moss, Joel Baden|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As soon as the slave saw him enter, she ran to inform her mistress.
Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World|Anonymous
Their destiny is in your hand and mine—a free Nation without a slave—the hope, refuge and inspiration of the world.
The Southerner|Thomas Dixon
But when Jack took out the shilling, and said, “Shall I buy you with this, slave?”
Mopsa the Fairy|Jean Ingelow
Gouy made no attempt to defend the principle of slave representation.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922|Various
This gave rise to many conversations with slave holders, which I trust did some good.
A Visit To The United States In 1841|Joseph Sturge
British Dictionary definitions for slave
slave
/ (sleɪv) /
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 influencea slave to television
a person who works in harsh conditions for low pay
a device that is controlled by or that duplicates the action of another similar device (the master device)
(as modifier)slave cylinder
verb
(intr often foll by away) to work like a slave
(tr) an archaic word for enslave
Word Origin for slave
C13: via Old French from Medieval Latin Sclāvus a Slav, one held in bondage (from the fact that the Slavonic races were frequently conquered in the Middle Ages), from Late Greek Sklabos a Slav