slaaf — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Slav noun A member of one of the peoples of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe who speak a Slavic language, such as Russian, Polish, or Serbian.
- slave noun A person legally owned by another and forced to work without freedom or pay.
- thrall noun A person held as a slave or in servitude, under the total control of another.
Senses
slaaf is used for these senses in English:
- Slav A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.
- slave 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.
- thrall (literary, or, puristic, otherwise, archaic) Slave; one under the control of another.
Slav — full definition
- noun A member of one of the peoples of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe who speak a Slavic language, such as Russian, Polish, or Serbian.
- adj Relating to Slavic peoples, languages, or culture.
slave — full definition
- noun A person legally owned by another and forced to work without freedom or pay.
- noun A person completely controlled by or devoted to something.
- noun A secondary device controlled by another (master) device.