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A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
- Fear of their cargo bred a savage cruelty into the crew. One captain, to strike terror into the rest, killed a slave and dividing heart, liver and entrails into 300 pieces made each of the slaves eat one, threatening those who refused with
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A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.figuratively
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An abject person.figuratively
- Art thou the ſlaue that with thy breath haſt kill'd / Mine innocent child?
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One who has no power of resistance to something, one who surrenders to or is under the domination of something.figuratively
- a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition
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A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who consensually submits to, sexually or personally, serving one or more masters or mistresses.
- In the clip the black female “slave” dons a chain around her neck for which her white mistress possesses the key. The black woman sub is further disciplined by the power of speech—the force of silence.
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A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.
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A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).
- If you administer your own reverse DNS zones, remember to include them in your slave configuration.
syn. slave