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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishslaverslav‧er1 /ˈslævə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] HUNGRY/STARVING literary to let saliva (=liquid produced inside your mouth) come out of your mouth, especially because you are hungry SYN drool→ See Verb table
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slaver• The dogs started racing toward us, howling and slavering.
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slaverslav‧er2 /ˈsleɪvə $ -ər/ noun [countable] old use 1 BEsomeone who sells slaves2 TTWa ship for moving slaves from one place to another
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slaver• Hands are not so easy come by for a slaver.• At Bristol and Liverpool slavers did make up significant proportions of the merchant fleets.• Have you forgotten that your tribe, the Efik, were among the most notorious slavers on the slave coast?• Although his chains still held him tight, the slavers grabbed him and burnt him with searing irons.• The slavers knew what their slaves were about to discover - that language is a form of power.
Origin slaver1 (1300-1400) From a Scandinavian language slaver2 (1800-1900) → SLAVE1
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