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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Slave
     Jer. 2:14 (A.V.), but not there found in the original. In Rev.
     18:13 the word "slaves" is the rendering of a Greek word meaning
     "bodies." The Hebrew and Greek words for slave are usually
     rendered simply "servant," "bondman," or "bondservant." Slavery
     as it existed under the Mosaic law has no modern parallel. That
     law did not originate but only regulated the already existing
     custom of slavery (Ex. 21:20, 21, 26, 27; Lev. 25:44-46; Josh.
     9:6-27). The gospel in its spirit and genius is hostile to
     slavery in every form, which under its influence is gradually
     disappearing from among men.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slave \Slave\ (sl[aum]v or sl[a^]v; 277) n.
     See Slav.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slave \Slave\ (sl[=a]v), n. [Cf. F. esclave, D. slaaf, Dan.
     slave, sclave, Sw. slaf, all fr. G. sklave, MHG. also slave,
     from the national name of the Slavonians, or Sclavonians (in
     LL. Slavi or Sclavi), who were frequently made slaves by the
     Germans. See Slav.]
     1. A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is
        wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as
        a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose
        person and services are wholly under the control of
        another.
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              Art thou our slave,
              Our captive, at the public mill our drudge?
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. One who has lost the power of resistance; one who
        surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to
        passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.
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     3. A drudge; one who labors like a slave.
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     4. An abject person; a wretch. --Shak.
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     Slave ant (Zo["o]l.), any species of ants which is captured
        and enslaved by another species, especially Formica
        fusca of Europe and America, which is commonly enslaved
        by Formica sanguinea.
  
     Slave catcher, one who attempted to catch and bring back a
        fugitive slave to his master.
  
     Slave coast, part of the western coast of Africa to which
        slaves were brought to be sold to foreigners.
  
     Slave driver, one who superintends slaves at their work;
        hence, figuratively, a cruel taskmaster.
  
     Slave hunt.
        (a) A search after persons in order to reduce them to
            slavery. --Barth.
        (b) A search after fugitive slaves, often conducted with
            bloodhounds.
  
     Slave ship, a vessel employed in the slave trade or used
        for transporting slaves; a slaver.
  
     Slave trade, the business of dealing in slaves, especially
        of buying them for transportation from their homes to be
        sold elsewhere.
  
     Slave trader, one who traffics in slaves.
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     Syn: Bond servant; bondman; bondslave; captive; henchman;
          vassal; dependent; drudge. See Serf.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slav \Slav\ (sl[aum]v or sl[a^]v), n.; pl. Slavs. [A word
     originally meaning, intelligible, and used to contrast the
     people so called with foreigners who spoke languages
     unintelligible to the Slavs; akin to OSlav. slovo a word,
     slava fame, Skr. [,c]ru to hear. Cf. Loud.] (Ethnol.)
     One of a race of people occupying a large part of Eastern and
     Northern Europe, including the Russians, Bulgarians,
     Roumanians, Servo-Croats, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Wends or
     Sorbs, Slovaks, etc. [Written also Slave, and Sclav.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slave \Slave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slaved; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Slaving.]
     To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slave \Slave\, v. t.
     To enslave. --Marston.
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