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Synonyms
slave (slāv)

[Middle English sclave, from Old French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclāvus, from Sclāvus, Slav (from the widespread enslavement of captured Slavs in the early Middle Ages); see Slav.]

noun 

  1. One bound in servitude as the property of a person or household.
  2. One who is abjectly subservient to a specified person or influence: “I was still the slave of education and prejudice” (Edward Gibbon)
  3. One who works extremely hard.
  4. A machine or component controlled by another machine or component.

intransitive verb: slaved, slav·ing, slaves. 

  1. To work very hard or doggedly; toil.
  2. To trade in or transport slaves.