slaver
noun
a person who buys, sells, or owns human beings; an enslaver.
slavers
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present tense formof slaver (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Thus the British, who had been such enthusiastic slavers, went on to force Muslim rulers to end their own version of the practice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
By that time, white slavers had grown so accustomed to ignoring the Emancipation Proclamation, issued more than two years earlier, that even after Juneteenth, the institution of enslavement lingered on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
They could be lamentations or celebrations; at the same time, they could serve as a means of stealthy communication, spreading news outside the ken of white slavers.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
My own version of that would be: “Since the legacy of slavers cannot be borne, their names are crossed out. Since the legacy of slavers cannot be covered up, their names remain legible.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
Other slaves insisted that the guards were lying, that Daenerys Targaryen would never make peace with slavers.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
