Slav
11Slav — ► NOUN ▪ a member of a group of peoples in central and eastern Europe speaking Slavic languages. ORIGIN Greek Sklabos …
12slav|er|y — «SLAY vuhr ee, SLAYV ree», noun. 1. the condition or fact of being a slave. Many African Negroes were captured and sold into slavery. SYNONYM(S): bondage, serfdom, thralldom, servitude. 2. the custom of owning slaves. Where slavery is permitted,… …
13slav|ey — «SLAY vee», n plural eys. Especially British Informal. a maid of all work …
14slav|oc|ra|cy — «slayv OK ruh see», noun. 1. domination by slaveholders. 2. the body of slaveholders. ╂[American English < slave + ocracy, as in democracy] …
15slav — an·ti·slav·ery; en·slav·er; pro·slav·ery·ism; slav; slav·dom; slav·ey; slav·i·cist; slav·i·cize; slav·ik·ite; slav·ish; slav·ish·ly; slav·ish·ness; slav·ism; slav·oc·ra·cy; slav·o·crat; slav·o·phile; slav·oph·i·lism; yu·go·slav·ia; yu·go·slav·ic; …
16Slav — /slahv, slav/, n. 1. one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs), the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs), and the Poles, Czechs,… …
17Slav — UK [slɑːv] / US [slɑv] noun [countable] Word forms Slav : singular Slav plural Slavs someone from Russia, Poland, or any of the other countries of central and eastern Europe where people speak a Slavic language …
18Slav — noun Etymology: Middle English Sclav, from Medieval Latin Sclavus, from Late Greek Sklabos, from Sklabēnoi Slavs, of Slavic origin; akin to Old Russian Slověne, an East Slavic tribe Date: 14th century a person whose native tongue is a Slavic… …
19Slav — [[t]slɑ͟ːv[/t]] Slavs N COUNT A Slav is a member of any of the peoples of Eastern Europe who speak a Slavonic language …
20Slav — I [[t]slɑv, slæv[/t]] n. peo a member of a Slavic speaking people • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME Sclave < ML Sclāvus, Slāvus, akin to LGk Sklábos < a Slavic ethnonym (cf. Slovak, Slovene) II or Slav. peo Slavic …
