slaveholder

slave·hold·er

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sleyv-hohl-der]
- /ˈsleɪvˌhoʊl dər/
- /ˈsleɪvˌhəʊldə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sleyv-hohl-der]
- /ˈsleɪvˌhoʊl dər/

Definitions of slaveholder word

noun slaveholder an owner of slaves. 1
noun slaveholder a person who owns slaves 0

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Origin of slaveholder

First appearance:

before 1770

One of the 46% newest English words

First recorded in 1770-80; slave + holder

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Parts of speech for Slaveholder

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Slaveholder

slaveholder popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

slaveholder usage trend in Literature

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