slaves
plural of “slave” — a person who is owned by someone
An inflected form of slave · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,475 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,877 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a person who is owned by someone
- someone who works as hard as a slave also: striver, hard worker
- someone entirely dominated by some influence or person a slave to fashiona slave to cocaine
slaves in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Will ye give it up to slaves?
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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Vessels with three banks of oars on each side. fair-haired slaves.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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Three ladies of the harem were sitting in the portico, attended by slaves.
The Adventures of Kathlyn · Harold MacGrath · Chapter 2
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Slaves are valuable property, and if they are overworked or badly cared for they decrease in value.
With Lee in Virginia · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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The prisoners taken in war are either rendered slaves to the conquerors, sold, or slain, according to pleasure.
The pirates own book · Charles Ellms · Chapter 1