slaver
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slaver¹
- /ˈslævə/ UK
- /ˈslævɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ævə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English slaveren, from Old Norse slafra (“to slaver”), probably imitative. Doublet of slabber.
verb slavers · slavering · slavered
- To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
- To fawn.
- To be drooled out of someone’s mouth. A fearsome sight it was to behold how he swelled in his wrath, and his eyes blazed like disastrous stars at midnight, and being wood with anger he gnashed his teeth till the froth stood at his lips and slavered down his chin.
- To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.
- To be besmeared with saliva. should I, damn'd then, / Slaver with lips as common as the stairs / That mount the Capitol
noun
- Saliva running from the mouth; drool. Of all mad Creatures, if the Learn'd are right, / It is the Slaver kills, and not the Bite.
slaver²
- /ˈsleɪvə/ UK
- /ˈsleɪvɚ/ US
noun slavers
- A person engaged in the slave trade; a person who buys, sells, transports, or owns slaves. You were raised on Mindoir on the fringes of the Attican Traverse. When you were sixteen, the colony was raided by slavers. The entire settlement was razed and your friends and family were slaughtered. A passing Alliance patrol rescued you, but all you loved was destroyed.
- A white slaver; a person who sells prostitutes into sexual slavery.
- A ship used to transport slaves. The Gulnare was a fast sailer, built for a slaver originally[.]
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verb to drool saliva
| 日本語 | 涎が出る yodare ga deru |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 流口水 liú kǒushuǐ |
| Português | babar |
| Français | baver |
| Deutsch | sabbern, geifern |
| Italiano | sbavare |
noun a person engaged in the slave trade
| Español | esclavista, negrero, negrera |
|---|---|
| Português | escravista, negreiro, negreira |
| Français | marchand d'esclaves, esclavagiste, négrier, négrière |
| Deutsch | Sklavenhändler, Sklavenhändlerin, Sklavenhalter, Sklavenhalterin |
| Italiano | schiavista, negriero, negriere, negriera |
| Ελληνικά | δουλέμπορος doulémporos |
| Русский | работорго́вец rabotorgóvec, торго́вец раба́ми torgóvec rabámi |
| العربية | نَخَّاس naḵḵās |
noun slave ship
| Français | navire d'esclaves |
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