slave ant

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noun

an ant taken as a larva or pupa by ants of another species and becoming a working member of the captor colony.

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Origin of slave ant

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby slave ant

slaughterhouse, slaughterman, slaughterous, Slav, slave, slave ant, slave bracelet, Slave Coast, slave cylinder, slave driver, slaveholder

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How to use slave ant in a sentence

By giving an artistic veto to a madman, we submit to the mindset of a slave.
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In the Bible, Moses does kill a guy—the Egyptian slave master who is beating an Israelite to death.
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This year McQueen picked up three Oscars (including best picture) for his third motion picture 12 Years A Slave.
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For the next hour and half I was the willing sex slave of a semi-professional Master I had met through a friend.
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An Uber driver went on an anti-gay, ant-American rant before physically assaulting his passenger.
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Her feet crush creeping things: there is a busy ant or blazoned beetle, with its back broken, writhing in the dust, unseen.
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Pervenimvs huc (sicut ant numeratum est) vigesim secund Maij.
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Gallinas, the noted slave factory on the west of Africa, purchased by the Liberian republic.
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Because we are crowded here and there in the ant-hills of our cities, we dream that the world is full.
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If he is indifferent to my happiness, and unjust to the woman I love, I will no longer work like a slave for him.
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British Dictionary definitions for slave ant

slave ant

noun

any of various ants, esp Formica fusca, captured and forced to do the work of a colony of ants of another species (slave-making ants)See also amazon ant

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