- (v.i.) To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.
- (v.t.) To enslave.
- (n.) A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another.
- (n.) See Slav.
- (n.) One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.
- (n.) An abject person; a wretch.
- (n.) A drudge; one who labors like a slave.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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