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slaveless

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Without a slave or slaves.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • From a society of a white elite ruling over a predominantly enslaved Black subaltern population, the Haitian Revolution generated a slaveless country that proceeded to suffer with socioeconomic divides.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

where slavery was prohibited

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a free-soil state

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: free-soil, non-slave

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From slave + -less.