English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈslævə/
• (US) enPR: slăvʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈslævɚ/

Verb

slaver ‎(third-person singular simple present slavers, present participle slavering, simple past and past participle slavered)

1. (intransitive) To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
2. (intransitive) To fawn.
3. (transitive) To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.
4. To be besmeared with saliva.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (emit saliva): drool, slobber

Translations

Noun

slaver ‎(uncountable)

1. saliva running from the mouth; drool
   • Alexander Pope

     Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right, / It is the slaver kills, and not the bite.

Etymology 2

From the verb slave 'enslave, traffic in slaves'

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: slāʹvə, IPA^(key): /ˈsleɪvə/
• (US) enPR: slāʹvər, IPA^(key): /ˈsleɪvɚ/

Noun

slaver ‎(plural slavers)

1. a person engaged in the slave trade
2. white slaver, who sells prostitutes into illegal 'sex slavery'
3. (nautical) a ship used to transport slaves

Translations

References

• “slaver” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• arvels
• ravels
• salver
• serval
• velars
• versal

Danish

Noun

slaver c (singular definite }}}, plural indefinite slaver)

1. Slav

Noun

slaver c

1. plural indefinite of slave

Verb

slaver

1. present tense of slave

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

slaver m

1. indefinite plural of slave

Swedish

Noun

slaver

1. indefinite plural of slav