English
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-slavery.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
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- The institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
- The condition of servitude endured by a slave.
- figurative A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.
#*1818, w:Percy_Bysshe_Shelley|Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 8, stanza 16,
#*:Man seeks for gold in mines that he may weave
#*:A lasting chain for his own slavery.
Translations
trans-top|institution or practice of owning human beings
Czech: t-|cs|otroctvÃ|n
Danish: t-|da|slaveri|n
Finnish: t-|fi|orjuus
French: t-|fr|esclavage|m
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German: t+|de|Sklaverei|f
Greek: t+|el|δοÏ�λεία|f|trdouleÃa|scGrek
Slovene: suženjstvo n
Swedish: t-|sv|slaveri|n
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trans-top|condition of servitude endured by a slave
Czech: t-|cs|otroctvÃ|n
Danish: t-|da|slaveri|n
Finnish: t-|fi|orjuus
French: t-|fr|esclavage|m
trans-mid
German: t+|de|Sklaverei|f
Greek: t+|el|δοÏ�λεία|f|trdouleÃa|scGrek
Kurdish: KUchar|ب���د��گ�
Slovene: suženjstvo n
Swedish: t-|sv|slaveri|n
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trans-top|condition in which one is captivated or subjugated
Czech: t-|cs|otroctvÃ|n
Danish: t-|da|slaveri|n
Finnish: t-|fi|orjuus
French: t-|fr|esclavage|m
trans-mid
German: t+|de|Sklaverei|f
Greek: t+|el|δοÏ�λεία|f|trdouleÃa|scGrek
Slovene: suženjstvo n
Swedish: t-|sv|slaveri|n
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ttbc|Dutch: slavernij f
ttbc|Esperanto: sklaveco
ttbc|Italian: schiavitù f
ttbc|Latvian: verdzība f
ttbc|Norwegian: slaveri
ttbc|Polish: niewolnictwo n
ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: trà illealachd f
ttbc|Spanish: esclavitud f
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References
R:Webster 1828
R:Webster 1913|slavery
R:Dictionary.com|slavery
Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
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