SLAVERY


Meaning of SLAVERY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈslā-v(ə-)rē ]

noun

Date: 1551

1. : drudgery , toil

2. : submission to a dominating influence

3.

a. : the state of a person who is a chattel of another

b. : the practice of slaveholding

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.