slaveholder

[ sleyv-hohl-der ]

/ ˈsleɪvˌhoʊl dər /

an owner of slaves.

Origin of slaveholder

First recorded in 1770–80; slave + holder

slave·hold·ing, noun non·slave·hold·ing, adjective, noun

He was a man past the meridian of life, a slaveholder and a royal Southerner.

Brother Against Brother |John Roy Musick
Thanks to a slaveholder's contempt for the name, with its immortality of truth, infamy and scorn.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 |American Anti-Slavery Society
Let him inspire them with abhorrence of the man-stealer—the slaveholder.

My Bondage and My Freedom |Frederick Douglass
Would that they all might see that you do not hate the slaveholder, but pity him as the victim of a false education!

Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 6 (of 20) |Charles Sumner

I know of no slaveholder who has visited the West Indies since slavery was abolished, and published his views of it.

Cotton is King and The Pro-Slavery Arguments |Various

slaveholder

/ (ˈsleɪvˌhəʊldə) /

a person who owns slaves

slaveholding, noun