slaver

[sley-ver] / ˈsleɪ vər /

VERB

drool

Synonyms

STRONG

dribble drivel fawn salivate slobber

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What is another word for slaver?

The word slaver has historically been used to refer to a person who participated in the enslavement of people, or, more specifically, to refer to a ship used to transport enslaved people. Many of the terms historically used in the context of slavery serve to justify or normalize the practice and are now often avoided and replaced with other terms that better reflect and emphasize the humanity of the people who were held captive and forced to labor. Notably, the term enslaved people is now widely used instead of slaves. In parallel with this change, the word enslaver is now often preferred over slaver because it emphasizes such a person’s active participation and complicity in the enslavement of people. Enslaver is also preferred over other once common terms, such as slave owner (which suggests that a person can actually be property) or master (which can imply that such a person has inherent power or authority that justifies their enslavement of people). Unrelated meaning A completely different and unrelated sense of slaver means the same thing as slobber or drool (all three of these words can be used as verbs or nouns). This sense of slaver is much older and derives from a word related to slobber. As a verb, it’s sometimes used figuratively to mean the same thing as fawn, as in Can you believe the way their fans slaver/fawn over those bands?

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Attorney General William P. Barr probably thought that by sacrificing his reputation to become a slavering toady, he would remain safely in Trump’s good graces.

From Washington Post

Activists shouted “band of thieves” and “slavers” at the police officers cordoning off the entrance to the courtroom and they chanted, “Give us back our artwork!”

From New York Times

A statue of slaver Edward Colston, which was thrown into Bristol’s harbour in England by protesters at the weekend, has been retrieved from the water by local authorities.

From The Guardian

“Our country’s history of racism and racially motivated violence — rooted in the original sin of slaver — continues to haunt our nation.”

From Washington Times

Statues in London “commemorating or memorializing people who were slavers” could soon be removed, its mayor announced Tuesday, following the toppling of a monument in another British city over the weekend.

From Fox News

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