slave

noun/sleɪv/

Frequency rank: #2,782 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A person who is owned by another and forced to work without pay.

Illustration for the English word “slave”

Example sentence

The plantation owner treated every slave with great cruelty.

Synonyms & related words

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