SLAVER (slaver)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: slaver   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does slaver mean? 

• SLAVER (noun)
  The noun SLAVER has 2 senses:

1. a person engaged in slave trade

2. someone who holds slaves

  Familiarity information: SLAVER used as a noun is rare.

• SLAVER (verb)
  The verb SLAVER has 1 sense:

1. let saliva drivel from the mouth

  Familiarity information: SLAVER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLAVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person engaged in slave trade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

slave dealer; slave trader; slaver

Hypernyms ("slaver" is a kind of...):

victimiser; victimizer (a person who victimizes others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slaver"):

white slaver (a person who forces women to become prostitutes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who holds slaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

slave owner; slaveholder; slaver

Hypernyms ("slaver" is a kind of...):

holder (a person who holds something)

• SLAVER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they slaver    ... he / she / it slavers   
Past simple: slavered   
Past participle: slavered   
-ing form: slavering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Let saliva drivel from the mouth

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

dribble; drivel; drool; slabber; slaver; slobber

Context example:

The baby drooled

Hypernyms (to "slaver" is one way to...):

salivate (produce saliva)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

I thought, too, of the glimpse I had in the light of Lord John's torch of that bloated, warty, blood-slavering muzzle.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They were mere skeletons, draped loosely in draggled hides, with blazing eyes and slavered fangs.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Alleyne, all unnerved at so strange and unwonted a sight, shrunk up against the wall with his eyes fixed upon the frenzied creature, which came bounding along with ungainly speed, looking the larger in the uncertain light, its huge jaws agape, with blood and slaver trickling to the ground.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He staggered limply about, the blood flowing from nose and mouth and ears, his beautiful coat sprayed and flecked with bloody slaver.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)