n. Function: noun
1 a person held in servitude or bondage FF1C; plantations worked by slaves FF1E;
Synonyms: bondman, bondslave, bondsman, chattel, mancipium
Related Words: 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 FF1C; slaves working all night for a minimum wage FF1E;
Synonyms: ||dogsbody, dray horse, drudge, galley slave, peon, slavey, toiler, workhorse
Related Words: ||coolie