slaver
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈslævə/
  • (America) enPR: slăvʹər, IPA: /ˈslævɚ/
Verb

slaver (slavers, present participle slavering; past and past participle slavered)

  1. (intransitive) To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
  2. (intransitive) To fawn.
  3. (transitive) To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.
  4. To be besmeared with saliva.
Synonyms Translations Noun

slaver (uncountable)

  1. Saliva running from the mouth; drool.
    • 1735, [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London; Dublin: Re-printed by George Faulkner, bookseller, […], OCLC 6363280 ↗:
      Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right, / It is the slaver kills, and not the bite.
Pronunciation
  • (British) enPR: slāʹvə, IPA: /ˈsleɪvə/
  • (America) enPR: slāʹvər, IPA: /ˈsleɪvɚ/
Noun

slaver (plural slavers)

  1. A person engaged in the slave trade.
  2. A white slaver, who sells prostitutes into illegal 'sex slavery'.
  3. (nautical) A ship used to transport slaves.
Translations Translations
  • French: navire d'esclaves



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