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How to pronounce slaves in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down
Type of do work, work
Derivation slavery
Type Words
Synonyms hard worker, striver
Type of worker
Type Words
Type of someone, soul, individual, mortal, person, somebody
Has types bondswoman, bondwoman, puppet, tool, galley slave, creature, bondman, bondsman, bondmaid, bond servant
Type Words
Type of person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul


a slave to fashion.
a slave to cocaine.
his mother was his abject slave.

Examples of slaves

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By 1840, more than 280,000 slaves were living in the state, many as field hands.
From the thenewstribune.com
Most of the convention delegates owned slaves, but only a few favored secession.
From the stltoday.com
Turns out Crocker was a well-known abolitionist and defender of fugitive slaves.
From the sacbee.com
It has been in existence since 1845, when slaves handpicked cotton in the South.
From the cnn.com
Experts say slaves in Mauritania are usually of a certain caste or ethnic group.
From the voanews.com
That ramped up the need for cheap labor, the cheapest of which came from slaves.
From the bloomberg.com
Douglass pushed Lincoln toward dramatic and immediate action to free the slaves.
From the washingtontimes.com
It's the redemptive meal our ancestors ate their final night as slaves in Egypt.
From the post-gazette.com
It's a fascinating book, that looks at slaves as more then simpleminded victims.
From the theatlantic.com
More examples
  • A person who is owned by someone
  • Work very hard, like a slave
  • Someone who works as hard as a slave
  • Someone entirely dominated by some influence or person; "a slave to fashion"; "a slave to cocaine"; "his mother was his abject slave"
  • (slavery) bondage: the state of being under the control of another person
  • (slavery) the practice of owning slaves
  • Slave is the first album recorded by Casey Chaos under the name AMEN and was limited to 2000 copies upon its initial release, but it has now been re-released on Amen's brand new online Refuse Musick store. In 2005, the album was re-released with bonus tracks.
  • Slave was an Ohio funk band popular in the 1970s and early 1980s. Trumpeter Steve Washington and Mark Hicks (Drac) formed the group in Dayton, Ohio in 1975.
  • In BDSM, Master/slave or M/s is a relationship in which one individual (the submissive) gives to another (the dominant) ultimate authority over them. It is a form of dominance and submission or total power exchange. The participants may be of any gender or sexual orientation. ...