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noun
a ship for transporting enslaved captives from their native homes to places of bondage.
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Origin of slave ship
First recorded in 1790–1800
Words nearby slave ship
slave-making ant, Slavenska, slaver, Slave River, slavery, slave ship, slave state, slave trade, slavey, Slavic, Slavicism
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British Dictionary definitions for slave ship
slave ship
noun
a ship used to transport slaves, esp formerly from Africa to the New World
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