I. ˈslāv noun
Etymology: Middle English sclave, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Sclavus Slavic; from the frequent enslavement of Slavs in central Europe during the early Middle Ages
Date: 14th century
1. : a person held in servitude as the chattel of another
2. : one that is completely subservient to a dominating influence
3. : a device (as the printer of a computer) that is directly responsive to another
4. : drudge , toiler
• slave adjective
II. verb
( slaved ; slav·ing )
Date: 1602
transitive verb
1. archaic : enslave
2. : to make directly responsive to another mechanism
intransitive verb
1. : to work like a slave : drudge
2. : to traffic in slaves