slaver

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• UK: /ˈslævə/
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• US: slăvʹər
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• US: /ˈslævɚ/
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• UK: slāʹvə
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• UK: /ˈsleɪvə/
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• US: slāʹvər
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• US: /ˈsleɪvɚ/
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From Middle English slaveren, from Old Norse slafra (“to slaver”), probably imitative. Doublet of slabber.

Etymology tree substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Late Latin Sclavus Medieval Latin sclavusbor. Old French esclavebor. Middle English sclave English slave English -er English slaver From slave (“enslave, traffic in slaves”) + -er.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نَخَّاس (naḵḵās) — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Bulgarian: търговец на роби (tǎrgovec na robi) — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Dutch: slavenhandelaar — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Finnish: orjakauppias — a person engaged in the slave trade
• French: marchand d'esclaves — a person engaged in the slave trade
• French: esclavagiste — a person engaged in the slave trade
• French: négrier — a person engaged in the slave trade
• French: négrière — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Galician: escravista — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Galician: negreiro — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Galician: negreira — a person engaged in the slave trade
• German: Sklavenhändler — a person engaged in the slave trade
• German: Sklavenhändlerin — a person engaged in the slave trade
• German: Sklavenhalter — a person engaged in the slave trade
• German: Sklavenhalterin — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Greek: δουλέμπορος (doulémporos) — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Ancient Greek: σωματέμπορος (sōmatémporos) — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Ancient Greek: ἀνδραποδιστής (andrapodistḗs) — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Italian: schiavista — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Italian: negriero — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Italian: negriere — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Italian: negriera — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Latin: mango — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Manx: kionneyder sleab — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Polish: handlarz niewolników — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Portuguese: escravista — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Portuguese: negreiro — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Portuguese: negreira — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Russian: работорго́вец (rabotorgóvec) — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Russian: торго́вец раба́ми (torgóvec rabámi) — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Spanish: esclavista — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Spanish: negrero — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Spanish: negrera — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Swedish: slavhandlare — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Turkish: esirci — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Ottoman Turkish: اسیرجی (esirci) — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Ukrainian: работорго́вець (rabotorhóvecʹ) — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Ukrainian: торго́вець раба́ми (torhóvecʹ rabámy) — a person engaged in the slave trade
• Bulgarian: кораб превозващ роби (korab prevozvašt robi) — slave ship
• Dutch: slavenhaler — slave ship
• Dutch: slavenschip — slave ship
• Finnish: orjalaiva — slave ship
• French: navire d'esclaves — slave ship
• Manx: saagh sleab — slave ship
• Polish: statek niewolniczy — slave ship
• Swedish: slavskepp — slave ship
• Bulgarian: лигавя се (ligavja se) — to drool saliva
• Chinese Cantonese: 流口水 (lau4 hau2 seoi2) — to drool saliva
• Chinese Mandarin: 流口水 (liú kǒushuǐ) — to drool saliva
• Czech: slintat — to drool saliva
• Czech: slinit — to drool saliva
• Danish: savle — to drool saliva
• Dutch: kwijlen — to drool saliva
• Dutch: zabberen — to drool saliva
• Faroese: sleva — to drool saliva
• Finnish: kuolata — to drool saliva
• French: baver — to drool saliva
• German: sabbern — to drool saliva
• German: geifern — to drool saliva
• Italian: sbavare — to drool saliva
• Japanese: 涎が出る (yodare ga deru) — to drool saliva
• Māori: hāwareware — to drool saliva
• Polish: ślinić się — to drool saliva
• Portuguese: babar — to drool saliva