Slave (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another and forced to provide unpaid labor.
  2. a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person: She was a slave to her own ambition.
  3. a drudge: a housekeeping slave.
  4. a slave ant.
  5. a subsidiary flash lamp actuated through its photoelectric cell when the principal flash lamp is discharged.
  6. a device or process under control of or repeating the actions of a similar device or process.
verb (used without object), slaved, slav·ing.
  1. to work like a slave; drudge.
  2. to engage in the slave trade; procure, transport, or sell slaves.
verb (used with object), slaved, slav·ing.
  1. to connect (a device) to a master as its slave.
  2. to enslave.
noun
  1. a person legally owned by another and having no freedom of action or right to property
  2. a person who is forced to work for another against his will
  3. a person under the domination of another person or some habit or influence
  4. a person who works in harsh conditions for low pay
    • a device that is controlled by or that duplicates the action of another similar device (the master device)
    • (as modifier)
verb
  1. to work like a slave
  2. (tr) an archaic word for enslave
Slave (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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