white slaver
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of white slaver
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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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
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
Denis Healey, the Defense Secretary, explained, “I don’t very much like the idea of being a sort of white slaver for the Arab sheikhs.”
From The New Yorker
Star Wars creator George Lucas is apologizing after he compared Disney to “white slavers” and criticized The Force Awakens in an interview with CBS’ Charlie Rose.
From Time
George Lucas has apologised for remarks he made in an interview in which he referred to Disney as "white slavers".
From BBC
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