| NOUN | person | slave | a person who is owned by someone |
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| person | slave, striver, hard worker | someone who works as hard as a slave | |
| person | slave | someone entirely / entirely dominated by some influence or person | |
| VERB | social | slave, break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down | work very hard, like a slave |
| Sounds | sley'v | |
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| Rhymes | airwave ... wave / Wave: 29 rhymes with eyv... | |
| Meaning | A person who is owned by someone. | |
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| Instances | Scott, Dred Scott | United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state |
| Turner, Nat Turner | United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia | |
| Vesey, Denmark Vesey | United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822) | |
| Narrower | bond servant | someone bound to labor without wages |
| bondman, bondsman | A male slave | |
| bondwoman, bondswoman, bondmaid | A female slave | |
| creature, tool, puppet | A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | |
| galley slave | A slave condemned to row in a galley | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | esclava, esclavo | |
| Catalan | esclau, esclava | |
| Meaning | someone who works as hard as a slave. | |
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| Synonyms | striver, hard worker | |
| Broader | worker | A person who works at a specific occupation |
| Spanish | esclava, esclavo | |
| Catalan | esclau, esclava | |
| Verbs | slave | work very hard, like a slave |
| Meaning | someone entirely / entirely dominated by some influence or person. | |
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| Examples |
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| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Meaning | Work very hard, like a slave. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down | |
| Broader | work, do work | Be employed |
| Nouns | slave | someone who works as hard as a slave |
| slavery | work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay | |
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