slaver Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person engaged in slave trade
    slave dealer; slave trader.
  2. noun someone who holds slaves
    slave owner; slaveholder.
  3. verb let saliva drivel from the mouth
    slabber; drivel; drool; dribble; slobber.
    • The baby drooled

WordNet

Slav"er noun
Definitions
  1. A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.
  2. A person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a slave merchant, or slave trader.
    The slaver's hand was on the latch, He seemed in haste to go. Longfellow.
Slav"er intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Icel. slafra. See Slabber.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Slavered ; present participle & verbal noun Slavering
Definitions
  1. To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.
  2. To be besmeared with saliva. Shak.
Slav"er transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.
Slav"er noun
Definitions
  1. Saliva driveling from the mouth.
    Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right, It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. Pope.

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