different between slaveowner vs slaver

English

Alternative forms

• slave owner

Etymology

slave +? owner

Noun

slaveowner (plural slaveowners)

1. Anyone that has control or ownership over another human being; the owner of a slave.

Translations

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English slaveren, of Scandinavian origin, akin to or derived from Old Norse slafra (“to slaver”), probably imitative. Cognate with slabber.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?slæv?/
• (US) enPR: sl?v??r, IPA^(key): /?slæv?/
• Rhymes: -e?v?(?)

Verb

slaver (third-person singular simple present slavers, present participle slavering, simple past and past participle slavered)

1. (intransitive) To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
2. (intransitive) To fawn.
3. (transitive) To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.
4. To be besmeared with saliva.

Synonyms

• (emit saliva): drool, slobber

Translations

Noun

slaver (uncountable)

1. Saliva running from the mouth; drool.

Etymology 2

From slave (“enslave, traffic in slaves”) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: sl??v?, IPA^(key): /?sle?v?/
• (US) enPR: sl??v?r, IPA^(key): /?sle?v?/

Noun

slaver (plural slavers)

1. A person engaged in the slave trade.
2. A white slaver, who sells prostitutes into illegal 'sex slavery'.
3. (nautical) A ship used to transport slaves.

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “slaver”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• arvels, larves, lavers, ravels, revals, salver, serval, velars, versal

Danish

Etymology 1

Via Medieval Latin Sclavus and Byzantine Greek ??????? (Sklábos) from Proto-Slavic *slov?nin?. Compare also English Slav and German Slawe. The Medieval Latin word was also used for “slave” (cf. Danish slave).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?slæ???], [?slæw??]

Noun

slaver c

1. Slav

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?slæ???], [?slæ?w?]

Noun

slaver c

1. indefinite plural of slave

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?slæ???], [?slæ?w?]

Verb

slaver

1. present of slave

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

slaver m pl

1. indefinite masculine plural of slave

Swedish

Noun

slaver

1. indefinite plural of slav

Anagrams

• alvers, levars, slevar, valser, versal