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

• IPA^(key): /ˈslævə/
• 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, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act 1, Scene 7:

     should I, damn'd then, / Slaver with lips as common as the stairs / That mount the Capitol

Synonyms

• (emit saliva): drool, slobber

Translations

to drool saliva

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 流口水 (lau⁴ hau² seoi²)

  Mandarin: 流口水 (liú kǒushuǐ)

• Dutch: kwijlen (nl), zabberen (nl)
• Finnish: kuolata
• French: baver (fr)
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• German: sabbern (de)
• Italian: sbavare (it)
• Japanese: 涎が出る (よだれがでる, yodare ga deru)
• Maori: hāwareware
• Polish: ślinić się (pl)

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

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

Noun

slaver (plural slavers)

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

Translations

a person engaged in the slave trade

• Dutch: slavenhandelaar (nl) m
• Finnish: orjakauppias
• French: marchand d’esclaves m, esclavagiste (fr) m or f, négrier (fr) m, négrière (fr) f
• Galician: escravista m or f, negreiro m, negreira f
• German: Sklavenhändler (de) m, Sklavenhändlerin (de) f, Sklavenhalter (de) m, Sklavenhalterin (de) f
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• Greek: δουλέμπορος (el) m (doulémporos)

  Ancient Greek: σωματέμπορος m (sōmatémporos)

• Italian: schiavista m or f, negriero (it) m, negriere m, negriera f
• Manx: kionneyder sleab m
• Polish: handlarz niewolników m
• Portuguese: escravista (pt) m or f, negreiro m, negreira (pt) f
• Spanish: esclavista (es) m or f, negrero (es) m, negrera (es) f
• Swedish: slavhandlare c

slave ship

• Dutch: slavenhaler m, slavenschip (nl) n
• Finnish: orjalaiva
• French: navire d’esclaves m
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• Manx: saagh sleab m
• Polish: statek niewolniczy m
• Swedish: slavskepp n

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “slaver”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• arvels, larves, lavers, ravels, revals, salver, serval, velars, versal

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Danish

Etymology

Latin sclavus, whence also slave.

Noun

slaver c

1. Slav

Noun

slaver c

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of slave

Verb

slaver

1. (deprecated template usage) present of slave

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

slaver m

1. indefinite plural of slave

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Swedish

Noun

slaver

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of slav

Anagrams

• alvers, levars, slevar, valser, versal