Slave
31slave — Frequently used as a term of contempt in the seventeenth century, but used jokingly in modern times, e.g. when a wife orders a husband to do something in the tone of a slavedriver. There is an example of such usage in Life at the Top, by John… …
32slave — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who is legally owned by another person and works for them for no money: accusing her mother of treating her like a slave 2 be a slave to/of to be completely influenced by something so that you cannot make your own decisions:… …
33slave — [[t]sleɪv[/t]] n. v. slaved, slav•ing 1) a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; bond servant 2) a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person 3) a drudge: a housekeeping slave[/ex] 4) mac a mechanism… …
34Slave — I Slave [englisch, sleɪv; wörtlich »Sklave«], Bezeichnung für ein elektronisches Gerät, das in seiner Funktion von einem übergeordneten System (Master) gesteuert wird. So gelten z. B. alle Synthesizer, Expander und Effektgeräte, die innerhalb… …
35slave — Synonyms and related words: Charlie McCarthy, agent, ancilla, apple polisher, appliance, ass licker, backscratcher, backslapper, beast of burden, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, bootlick, bootlicker, brown nose, brownie,… …
36slave — [13] The word slave commemorates the fate of the Slavic people in the past, reduced by conquest to a state of slavery. For ultimately slave and Slav are one and the same. The earliest record we have of the ethnic name is as Slavic Sloveninu, a… …
37slave — sleɪv n. person who belongs to and is completely subject to another; one who is under the influence or domination of a person or thing; drudge; slave ant; system that serves another computer that is connected to it (Computers) v. work as a… …
38slave — /sleɪv / (say slayv) noun 1. someone who is the property of and wholly subject to, another; a bondservant. 2. someone who works for and is the prisoner of another; someone who works under duress and without payment. 3. someone entirely under the… …
39slave — [13] The word slave commemorates the fate of the Slavic people in the past, reduced by conquest to a state of slavery. For ultimately slave and Slav are one and the same. The earliest record we have of the ethnic name is as Slavic Sloveninu, a… …
40slave — I. noun Etymology: Middle English sclave, from Anglo French or Medieval Latin; Anglo French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Sclavus Slavic; from the frequent enslavement of Slavs in central Europe during the early Middle Ages Date:… …