- pronunciation:
- sleIv
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word History
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a person who is owned by another person and forced to work with no pay or rights.
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The word
slave comes from
Slav, a word for the people who lived in east-central Europe in the Middle Ages. Great numbers of Slavs were bought and sold as slaves by conquering peoples from the West.