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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

enslaver en · NOUN

Etymology

From enslave + -er.

Meanings

  1. One who enslaves.
    • What indignation in her mind Against enslavers of mankind! Base kings, and ministers of state, Eternal objects of her hate! 1720, Jonathan Swift, To Stella, visiting me in my sickness:
    • And then came others, possessing weaponry and a sophisticated support before which tribes in dense jungles had no recourse: European concessionaires and feckless traders, brutish exploiters and enslavers. 2009 March 30, Edward Rothstein, “Casting a Sliver of Light on the Heart of Darkness”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2020:

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