August le Blanc
slave sl?v/Submit nounhistorical 1. a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them. synonyms: historicalserf, vassal, thrall; More antonyms: freeman, master a person who works very hard without proper remuneration or appreciation. "by the time I was ten, I had become her slave, doing all the housework" synonyms: drudge, servant, lackey, minion; More a person who is excessively dependent upon or controlled by something. "the poorest people of the world are slaves to the banks" synonyms: devotee, worshiper, adherent; More a device, or part of one, directly controlled by another. "a slave cassette deck" an ant captured in its pupal state by an ant of another species, for which it becomes a worker. verb verb: slave; 3rd person present: slaves; past tense: slaved; past participle: slaved; gerund or present participle: slaving 1. work excessively hard. "after slaving away for fourteen years, all he gets is two thousand" synonyms: toil, labor, grind away, sweat, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a Trojan/dog; More = legal person.