Slaver

Definition: Slaver

Slaver

Noun

1. A person engaged in slave trade.

2. Someone who owns slaves.

Verb

1. Let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled".

Date "slaver" was first used: sometime in the early 14th century. (references)

Synonyms: Slaver

Synonyms: slave dealer (n), slave owner (n), slave trader (n), slaveholder (n), dribble (v), drivel (v), drool (v), slabber (v), slobber (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Ejection	Disgorge; expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber; eructate; drool.
Flattery	Verb: flatter, praise to the skies, puff; wheedle, cajole, glaver, coax; fawn upon, faun upon; humor, gloze, soothe, pet, coquet, slaver, butter; jolly; bespatter, beslubber, beplaster, beslaver; lay it on thick, overpraise; earwig, cog, collogue; truckle to, pander to, pandar to, suck up to, kiss the ass of, pay court to; court; creep into the good graces of, curry favor with, hang on the sleeve of; fool to the top of one;s bent; lick the dust.
Ship	Man of war; (combatant); transport, tender, storeship; merchant ship, merchantman; packet, liner; whaler, slaver, collier, coaster, lighter; fishing boat, pilot boat; trawler, hulk; yacht; baggala; floating hotel, floating palace; ocean greyhound.
Uncleanness	Render unclean; Adjective: dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease;dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle; spatter, slubber; besmear; bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt; (injure); cover with dust; Noun: drabble in the mud; roil.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Slaver

English words defined with "slaver": Beslaver ♦ slave ship, Slavered, Slavering ♦ white slaver. (references)

Etymologies containing "slaver": Blackbirder. (references)

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright (BROWN SUGAR; performing artist: Rolling Stones)
Movie/TV Titles	China Slaver (1929) The Slaver (1927)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Adventures of an African slaver; an account of the life of Captain Theodore Canot, trader in gold, ivory, and slaves on the coast of Guinea (reference) Captain Canot, an African Slaver (reference) Cigarette Wars: The Triumph of the Little White Slaver (reference) Mind Slaver (Star Commandos, Number 5) (reference) On the Real Side: Laughing, Lying, and Signifying the Underground Tradition of African-American Humor That Transformed American Culture, from Slaver (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Star Trek - The Animated Series, Vol. 6: The Slaver Weapon/ The Ambergris Element (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	Grand celebrashun ob de bobalition ob African slaver!!!. Credit: Library of Congress.		Uncle Sam beating off "dope peddler", "bandit", and "white slaver" vultures from brood of the vulture, "prohibition". Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

"Slaver" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Slaver" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	88.89%	8	124,375
Noun (proper)	11.11%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	9	N/A

Expressions using "slaver": slaver for ♦ slaver over ♦ white slaver. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "slaver"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		tregtar skllavërish, jargë (drivel, drool, froth, slime, slobber, spittle), anije skllavërish (slave ship). (various references)

Arabic		‏مركب لنقل العبيد, ‏لعاب (dribble, saliva, slobber, spit, spittle), ‏سال لعابه (dribble, drivel, drool, salivate, slime, slobber), ‏المتجر بالرقيق الأبيض, ‏النخاس, ‏ريق (saliva, spittle). (various references)

Bulgarian		слюнка (foam, saliva, slobber, sputum), търговец на роби, кораб който пренася роби, лигавщини (slops), лигавя се (beslobber, dribble, drool, slobber), лигавя (slobber), лига (league, slobber), подмазване (insinuation, oiliness, soap), подмазвам се (crouch, curry favor, curry favour, fawn, ingratiate smb., smarm), плюнча (slabber, wet with saliva). (various references)

Czech		slintat (dribble, drivel, drool, salivate, slobber), slina (saliva, slobber, spit, spittle), otrokářská loï, otrokář (bondholder, enslaver, slave driver, slave holder). (various references)

Farsi		چاپلوسی کردن (Butter, Collogue), کشتی حامل بردگان , گلیزمالیدن , تاجربرده , اب دهان روان ساختن (Slobber), اب دهان (Saliva, Slobber, Spit, Spittle), بزاق ازدهان ترشح کردن , برده فروش . (various references)

Finnish		kuola (slobber). (various references)

French		salive (slobber), vaisseau négrier, négrier (slave driver, slave trader), marchand d'esclaves (slave trader), baver (slime, slobber), bave (slime, slobber). (various references)

German		sabbern (blather, drivel, drool, salivate, slobber), geifern (be bursting with venom, drool, salivate, slobber). (various references)

Greek		σιαλίζων, σιαλίζω (salivate, slabber), σάλιο (saliva, spittle), σαλιώνω (salivate), σαλιάρησ (driveler, slobberer, sputterer), δουλέμποροσ, δουλεμπορικό πλοίο (slave ship). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"תל�"ב (enthuse, fervor, get excited), ל�"פריש ריר (salivate). (various references)

Hungarian		talpnyalás (adulation, blarney, fulsome flattery, soft solder, sycophancy, toad-eating, toadyism), rabszolgaszállító hajó, rabszolgakereskedő, nyálka (mucilage, mucus, phlegm, rheum, slime), kicsorgó nyál. (various references)

Italian		schiavista, bava (dribble, slime). (various references)

Manx		shelley (expectorate, expectoration, phlegm, saliva, spit, spittle, sputum), saagh sleab. (various references)

Pig Latin		averslay

Portuguese		traficante de escravos, negreiro, babar-se (dribble, driveller, droop, foam rubber, slobber), babar (beslaver, beslobber, slobber), baba (dribble, drivel, foam, lather, mucus, saliva, slobber). (various references)

Romanian		se linguşi (crawl, fawn, jolly, palaver, spaniel, toady), scuipat (drivel, gob, slobber, spit, spittle), salivã (drivel, gob, saliva, slobber, spit, spittle), negustor de sclavi, linguşire (adulation, apple sauce, blandishment, butter, cajolement, cajolery, cringing, fawning, flannel, flattering, flattery, soap, toad-eating), corabie cu sclavi, bale (slabber, slime, slobber), acoperi cu bale (slobber), îmbãloşa. (various references)

Russian		слюна (saliva, spittle, sputum), работорговец, неприкрытая лесть. (various references)

Scottish		ronn (a slaver, spittle). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pljuvačka (saliva, spittle), bale (drivel, slobber, snivel, snot). (various references)

Spanish		negrero (slavedriver), barco negrero (slaveship), babear (dribble, drool, slobber), baba (raft, slime, slobber, spittle). (various references)

Swedish		slavskepp (slave ship), slavhandlare (slave trader), dregla (dribble, drivel, drool, salivate, slobber), dregel (drivel, saliva, slobber). (various references)

Turkish		salyası akmak (dribble, drivel, drool, slobber), salya (dribble, saliva, salivary, slobber, spit, spittle, sputum), yaltaklanmak (adulate, beslaver, blandish, blarney, bow and scrape, court, cringe, curry favor with smb., fawn, grovel, hustle, lick smb.'s boots, play to, soap down, toady, truckle, wheedle), köleci, köle gemisi, esir tüccarı (slave dealer, slave trader), ağzının suyu akmak (desire longingly, lick one's chops, lick one's lips, slaver for, slobber). (various references)

Ukrainian		слина (drivel, saliva, slobber, spittle, sputum, water), розпускати нюні (drivel, drool), розпхикатися, работорговець (negro-dealer), обслинювати (beslaver, beslobber), нісенітниця (applesauce, balderdash, bilge, blah, bosh, drivel, flam, flubdub, haver, jiggery pokery, nonsense, shucks, tommyrot). (various references)

Vietnamese		lời nói tầm bậy. (various references)

Welsh		caethlong (slave-ship). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	u�. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "slaver": slavered, slaverer, slaverers, slaveries, slavering, slavers, slavery. (additional references)
	Words ending with "slaver": enslaver. (additional references)
	Words containing "slaver": antislaveries, antislavery, enslavers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Slaver" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eslava, salaver, salvavit, salvere, Salzer, savern, savert, Seaver, Silaev, sklave, slager, slaker, slava, slaveer, slavey, slavi, slivier, slivre, staver, suaver, swaver. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: lavers, ravels, salver, serval, velars, versal.
	Words within the letters "a-e-l-r-s-v"
	-1 letter: arles, avers, earls, lares, laser, laver, laves, lears, rales, ravel, raves, reals, salve, saver, selva, seral, slave, vales, valse, veals, velar.
	-2 letters: ales, ares, arse, aver, aves, earl, ears, eras, lars, lase, lave, lavs, lear, leas, leva, rale, rase, rave, real, revs, sale, save, seal, sear, sera, vale, vars, vase, veal, vela.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-l-r-s-v"
	+1 letter: carvels, clavers, gravels, halvers, laveers, leavers, lekvars, marvels, reveals, revisal, salvers, servals, several, slavers, slavery, travels, valuers, varlets, vealers, verbals, verglas, vestral.
	+2 letters: absolver, allovers, aversely, caravels, cavilers, cervelas, claviers, cleavers, enslaver, haverels, klaverns, lavisher, layovers, levators, overalls, overlaps, overlays, oversale, oversalt, palavers, prevails, ravelers, ravelins, reavails, removals, revalues, reversal, revisals, revivals, salvager, servable, severals, shrieval, slavered, slaverer, unravels, valorise, varioles, vaulters, ventrals, vesperal, vestural, virelais, virelays, visceral, vorlages.
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