slaver

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English slaveren, of Scandinavian origin, akin to or derived from Old Norse slafra "to slaver", probably imitative. Cognate with slabber.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈslævə/
  • (US) enPR: slăvʹər, IPA(key): /ˈslævɚ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Verb

slaver (third-person singular simple present slavers, present participle slavering, simple past and past participle slavered)

  1. (intransitive) To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
  2. (intransitive) To fawn.
  3. (transitive) To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.
  4. To be besmeared with saliva.
    • c. 1611, Shakespeare, William, Cymbeline, Act 1, Scene 7:
      should I, damn'd then, / Slaver with lips as common as the stairs / That mount the Capitol
Synonyms
Translations

Noun

slaver (uncountable)

  1. saliva running from the mouth; drool
    • Alexander Pope
      Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right, / It is the slaver kills, and not the bite.

Etymology 2

From the verb slave 'enslave, traffic in slaves'

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: slāʹvə, IPA(key): /ˈsleɪvə/
  • (US) enPR: slāʹvər, IPA(key): /ˈsleɪvɚ/

Noun

slaver (plural slavers)

  1. a person engaged in the slave trade
  2. white slaver, who sells prostitutes into illegal 'sex slavery'
  3. (nautical) a ship used to transport slaves
Translations

References

  • “slaver” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.
  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Latin sclavus, whence also slave.

Noun

slaver c

  1. Slav

Noun

slaver c

  1. plural indefinite of slave

Verb

slaver

  1. present tense of slave

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

slaver m

  1. indefinite plural of slave

Swedish

Noun

slaver

  1. indefinite plural of slav
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