slavery
English
/ˈsleɪvəɹi/, /ˈslævəɹi/
noun
Definitions
- An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
- A condition of servitude endured by a slave.
- (figuratively) A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.
Etymology
Suffix from English slave (traffic in slaves, enslave).
Origin
English
slave
Gloss
traffic in slaves, enslave
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antislave English
- antislavery English
- beslave English
- bond English
- bondslave English
- bondslavery English
- enslave English
- ex-slave English
- footslave English
- fuckslave English
- geoslavery English
- houseslave English
- inslave English
- jackslave English
- neo-slavery English
- nonslave English
- postslavery English
- preslavery English
- proslaver English
- proslavery English
- pseudoslave English
- pseudoslavery English
- semislave English
- slave English
- slaveborn English
- slaveboy English
- slavecatcher English
- slavecatching English
- slavedealer English
- slavedealing English
- slavedom English
- slavefic English
- slavegirl English
- slaveholder English
- slaveholding English
- slaveless English
- slavelike English
- slavemaker English
- slavemaking English
- slavemaster English
- slavened English
- slaveowner English
- slavest English
- slaveth English
- slavey English
- slavish English
- slavocracy English
- slavocrat English
- Sklave German
- esclave French
- sclave Old French
- bond
- slave
- slavey
- inslave
- enslave
- slavish
- slaveth
- beslave
- slavest
- nonslave
- slavefic
- slaveboy
- ex-slave
- slavened
- slavedom
- slavelike
- antislave
- proslaver
- bondslave
- slaveless
- fuckslave
- footslave
- slavocrat
- slavegirl
- jackslave
- semislave
- slaveborn
- slaveowner
- preslavery
- slavemaker
- proslavery
- slavocracy
- geoslavery
- houseslave
- slavemaking
- bondslavery
- postslavery
- slavemaster
- slavedealer
- neo-slavery
- slaveholder
- pseudoslave
- antislavery
- slaveholding
- slavedealing
- slavecatcher
- slavecatching
- pseudoslavery