| 单词 | slavey |
| 释义 | slavey[ sley-vee ] / ˈsleɪ vi / noun, plural slav·eys.British Informal: Older Use.a female servant, especially a maid of all work in a boardinghouse. Origin of slaveyFirst recorded in 1800–10; slave + -y2 Words nearby slaveySlave River, slavery, slave ship, slave state, slave trade, slavey, Slavic, Slavicism, Slavicist, slavish, Slavism Definition for slavey (2 of 2)Slavey [ sley-vee ] / ˈsleɪ vi / noun, plural Slav·eys, (especially collectively) Slav·ey.a member of a group of Athabaskan-speaking North American Indians living in the upper Mackenzie River valley region of the Northwest Territories and in parts of British Columbia, Alberta, and the Yukon Territory. Also called Slave . Origin of SlaveyFirst recorded in 1785–80; from French esclave, literally, “slave,” a loan translation of Cree awahkān “captive, slave” (the Cree would make raids on and enslave this Atahabaskan people). The two-syllable pronunciation is a local variant derived from a spelling with the French suffix -ais Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for slaveyBritish Dictionary definitions for slavey (1 of 2)slavey / (ˈsleɪvɪ) / nounBritish informal a female general servant Word Origin for slaveyC19: from slave + -y ² British Dictionary definitions for slavey (2 of 2)Slavey / (ˈsleɪvɪ) / nouna member of a Dene Native Canadian people of northern Canada Word Origin for Slaveyfrom Athapascan Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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