sclavus — meaning in English

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.

Senses

sclavus 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.

Slav — full definition

1. 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.
2. adj Relating to Slavic peoples, languages, or culture.

slave — full definition

1. noun A person legally owned by another and forced to work without freedom or pay.
2. noun A person completely controlled by or devoted to something.
3. noun A secondary device controlled by another (master) device.

Related Latin words