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SLAVEHOLDING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slaveholding mean?
• SLAVEHOLDING (noun)
The noun SLAVEHOLDING has 1 sense:
1. the practice of owning slaves
Familiarity information: SLAVEHOLDING used as a noun is very rare.
• SLAVEHOLDING (adjective)
The adjective SLAVEHOLDING has 1 sense:
1. allowing slavery
Familiarity information: SLAVEHOLDING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The practice of owning slaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
slaveholding; slavery
Hypernyms ("slaveholding" is a kind of...):
pattern; practice (a customary way of operation or behavior)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Allowing slavery
Context example:
the slaveholding South
Similar:
unfree (held in servitude)
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