slaveholder

[ sleyv-hohl-der ]

noun

1. an owner of enslaved people in the institution of chattel slavery.

slaveholder

/ ˈsleɪvˌhəʊldə /

noun

1. a person who owns slaves

Derived Forms

• ˈslaveˌholding, noun

Other Words From

• slaveholding noun
• non·slaveholding adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of slaveholder¹

First recorded in 1770–80; slave + holder

Example Sentences

It doesn’t have to be race as we have inherited it from long dead elite slaveholders.

From Time

What I would grant to the devil himself, I would not withhold even from the slaveholder—his due.

From Project Gutenberg

Almost the first Northern men whom the slaveholder has learned to respect!

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Not a solitary slaveholder will I allow to enjoy repose on any other condition than instantly ceasing to be one.

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So reads the Mosaic code, and by it every American Slaveholder is convicted of a capital crime.

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Now, sir, what right does this take away from any slaveholder?

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