slave
[ sleyv ]
/ sleɪv /
noun
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.
to connect (a machine) to a master as its slave.
Archaic.
to enslave.
Origin of slave
1250–1300; Middle English
sclave < Medieval Latin
sclāvus (masculine),
sclāva (feminine) slave, special use of
Sclāvus Slavic, so called because Slavs were commonly enslaved in the early Middle Ages; see
Slav
OTHER WORDS FROM slave
slave·less, adjective slave·like, adjective pro·slave, adjective sem·i·slave, nounWords nearby slave
Definition for slave (2 of 2)
Slave
[ sleyv ]
/ sleɪv /
noun, plural Slaves, (especially collectively) Slave.
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
Slavey.
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British Dictionary definitions for slave
slave
/ (sleɪv) /
noun
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