slave
slave/slāv/
noun
- a person who is forced to work for and obey another and is considered to be their property; an enslaved person."they kidnapped entire towns and turned the inhabitants into slaves"synonyms: bondsman, bondswoman, bondservant, bondslave, serf, vassal, thrall, helot, odalisque, blackbird, hierodule
- a device, or part of one, directly controlled by another."a slave cassette deck"
verb
- work excessively hard."after slaving away for fourteen years all he gets is two thousand"synonyms: toil, labor, grind, sweat, work one's fingers to the bone, work day and night, work like a Trojan/dog, exert oneself, grub, plod, plow, work one's guts out, work one's socks off, kill oneself, sweat blood, knock oneself out, plug away, slog away, graft, fag, bullock, drudge, travail, moil, work one's balls/arse/nuts off, work one's ass/butt off
- subject (a device) to control by another."should the need arise, the two channels can be slaved together"
- make (someone) a slave; enslave.
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May 23, 2024 · ˈslāv. plural slaves. Synonyms of slave. 1. : someone captured, sold, or born into chattel slavery.
noun ... a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person: She was a slave to her own ambition. a drudge: a housekeeping slave.
Slavery
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Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Wikipedia
a galley slave; a slave and his master; Slaves were treated with sickening cruelty. The slaves were kept in bondage until their death.
A person who has the (legal) status of being the property of another, has no personal freedom or rights, and is used as forced labour or as an unpaid servant; ...
Slavery was a species of dependent labor differentiated from other forms primarily by the fact that in any society it was the most degrading and most severe.
Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. ... Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location ...
A slave is a person who is owned by another person and has to work for that person without pay. They had to work as slaves.