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slavery

English

Etymology 1

From slave +? -ery.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sle?v??i/, /?sle?v?i/

Noun

slavery (usually uncountable, plural slaveries)

  1. An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
  2. A condition of servitude endured by a slave.
  3. (figuratively) A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.
    • 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 8, stanza 16,
      Man seeks for gold in mines that he may weave / A lasting chain for his own slavery.
Translations
See also
  • debt bondage
  • bonded labor
  • bonded labour

Etymology 2

slaver +? -y

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?slæv??i/, /?slæv?i/

Adjective

slavery (comparative more slavery, superlative most slavery)

  1. Covered in slaver; slobbery.

References

  • Webster, Noah (1828) , “slavery”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
  • slavery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • “slavery” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Anagrams

  • Laverys, Varleys

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chains

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?e?nz/

Noun

chains

  1. plural of chain

Verb

chains

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chain

Anagrams

  • Cashin, Chians, Cishan, cash in, cash-in, chasin', chinas

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