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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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After the last magnet was retrieved, she assumed slave posture and waited for Couple to unclasp the clamps.
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She reassumed slave posture while Couple grabbed two magnetized clamps and a collection of circular magnets from a nearby shelf.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau|Ian Frisch|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After tightening her collar, Stella assumed slave posture: on her knees, legs slightly spread, palm resting face-up on her thighs.
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Now that Collette had left La Domaine, who was she a slave to, Collette or R?
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He said, too, that after being accepted as a slave to Mistress Couple, he has made massive strides psychologically.
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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.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Pervenimvs huc (sicut ant numeratum est) vigesim secund Maij.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Gallinas, the noted slave factory on the west of Africa, purchased by the Liberian republic.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Because we are crowded here and there in the ant-hills of our cities, we dream that the world is full.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
If he is indifferent to my happiness, and unjust to the woman I love, I will no longer work like a slave for him.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie

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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