I. noun
1.
a person held in servitude or bondage
plantations worked by slaves
Synonyms: bondman, bondslave, bondsman, chattel, mancipium
Related Word: help, menial, retainer, servant; helot, serf, thrall, vassal
Contrasted words: freedman, freedwoman; ||deditician
Antonyms: freeman
2.
one who works at a hard, monotonous, usually menial task
slaves working all night for a minimum wage
Synonyms: ||dogsbody, dray horse, drudge, galley slave, peon, slavey, toiler, workhorse
Related Word: ||coolie
II. verb
Synonyms: drudge , grind, grub, ||muck, plod, slog, toil
Idioms: work like a slave