slave-holder

A slave-holder oversees workers in a field.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Owner of slaves: A "slave-holder" is a person who owns or keeps other people as slaves, holding them in bondage and exercising control over their labor and freedom.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The plantation was run by a wealthy slave-holder who owned hundreds of enslaved people. (A person who owned slaves on a large farm.)
  • Historical records show that many slave-holders justified their actions through pseudoscientific beliefs. (Owners of slaves who defended their practices.)

Advanced Usage

• "Slave-holder mentality": A mindset or attitude that seeks to dominate or exploit others, reminiscent of historical slave ownership.

  • Critics accused the corporation of having a slave-holder mentality due to its exploitative labor practices. (An attitude of treating workers as if they were owned.)

• "Slave-holder society": A society or community in which the institution of slavery is legally and socially accepted, with slave-holders forming a powerful class.

  • The American South before the Civil War was a slave-holder society where the economy depended on enslaved labor. (A social system built on slavery.)

Variants and Related Words

• Slave-holding (adj): Relating to the ownership of slaves.

  • The slave-holding states seceded from the Union to protect their economic interests. (States where slavery was legal.)

• Slave-holding (n): The practice or fact of owning slaves.

  • Slave-holding was abolished in most countries by the 19th century. (The institution of owning slaves.)

Synonyms

• Owner: A person who possesses something, in this context, slaves.
• Master: A person who has authority over slaves.

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