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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)
- 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.
- 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.
- 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 8, stanza 16,
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)
- 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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freedman
English
Etymology
From freed +? man.
Noun
freedman (plural freedmen)
- A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.
- 2001, John C. Inscoe, Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation, "Introduction", page 7:
- Education was a high priority for Appalachian freedmen and freedwomen just as it was for blacks throughout the Reconstruction South.
- 2001, John C. Inscoe, Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation, "Introduction", page 7:
Hypernyms
- ex-slave
- freeman
Derived terms
- freedmanship
Translations
See also
- freedwoman
Anagrams
- Federman, enframed
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