escrava — meaning in English

English meaning

• abject adj Experienced or done in the most extreme or miserable degree, especially poverty or failure.
• slave noun A person legally owned by another and forced to work without freedom or pay.

Senses

escrava is used for these senses in English:

• abject A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class. [from early 16th c.]
• slave-girl A female slave.

abject — full definition

1. adj Experienced or done in the most extreme or miserable degree, especially poverty or failure.
2. adj Lacking self-respect or dignity; deserving contempt.

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.

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