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slaveowner

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Someone who has control or ownership over another human being; the owner of a slave.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From slave + owner.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ստրկատեր (strkater) — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Belarusian: рабаўлада́льнік (rabawladálʹnik) — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Belarusian: рабаўлада́льніца (rabawladálʹnica) — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Belarusian: рабаўла́снік (rabawlásnik) — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Belarusian: рабаўла́сніца (rabawlásnica) — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Bulgarian: робовладелец (robovladelec) — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奴隸主 /奴隶主 (núlìzhǔ) — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Crimean Tatar: qul saibi — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Dutch: slaveneigenaar — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Finnish: orjanomistaja — anyone that has control over another human being
  • French: esclavagiste — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Georgian: მონათმფლობელი (monatmplobeli) — anyone that has control over another human being
  • German: Sklavenbesitzer — anyone that has control over another human being
  • German: Sklavenbesitzerin — anyone that has control over another human being
  • German: Sklavenhalter — anyone that has control over another human being
  • German: Sklavenhalterin — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Icelandic: þrælahaldari — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Japanese: 奴隷所有者 (dorei shoyūsha) — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Latvian: vergturis — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Macedonian: робовладетел (robovladetel) — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Classical Nahuatl: tlācahuah — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Classical Nahuatl: cihuātēuctli — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Pannonian Rusyn: рабовласнїк (rabovlasnjik) — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Pannonian Rusyn: рабовласнїца (rabovlasnjica) — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Polish: właściciel niewolnika — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Russian: рабовладе́лец (rabovladélec) — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Russian: рабовладелец (rabovladelec) — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Swedish: slavägare — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Ukrainian: рабовла́сник (rabovlásnyk) — anyone that has control over another human being
  • Ukrainian: рабовла́сниця (rabovlásnycja) — anyone that has control over another human being