slaver

The Portuguese monarchy also hired explorers such as Alvise Cadamosto, a Venetian slaver sent to scout the region of Senegambia.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

The plaque was installed in the church after the 18th Century slaver died in Dorchester in 1744, aged 46, during a visit to England - he was Scottish by birth.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2022

“Is he looking for the whole truth here? The fact that he was a slaver and ran slaves up to the colonies? That’s what the historical documents say,” Hunt said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2022

But even as networks and streaming services slaver over intellectual property with prearranged fan bases, few mass-market romance novels have found their way to screens.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2020

The Tribesman's mouth drops open, and the slaver regards me as if I'm a rat who has begun juggling.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Thus the British, who had been such enthusiastic slavers, went on to force Muslim rulers to end their own version of the practice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

They could be lamentations or celebrations; at the same time, they could serve as a means of stealthy communication, spreading news outside the ken of white slavers.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2022

My own version of that would be: “Since the legacy of slavers cannot be borne, their names are crossed out. Since the legacy of slavers cannot be covered up, their names remain legible.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022

The task force’s findings in the report detail how American slavers trafficked African Americans to California, particularly in the gold rush era that began in 1848.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2022

“Hard tidings, Ser Grandfather. Astapor is gone, and the slavers are coming north in strength.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

New York’s talent-hungry musical theater slavered for a follow-up.

From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2019

Then he did a bit in which he slavered over Sabra hummus and Rold Gold pretzels.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 12, 2015

They slavered over the delicious incongruity of this young thruster mixing it up with gimlet-eyed corporate lawyers, and winning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2015

Certainly not the critics, who slavered over its Royal Court premiere in 2007 and West End transfer, where the cast included the then-future Doctor Who, Matt Smith.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2010

Not a few advanced the opinion that if Bones did not actually lead Uncle Billy astray, he at least "slavered him over and coddled him until the old man got conceited in his wickedness."

From Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Bret Harte

But some of the verdicts weren't just from long-standing critics or those with a dog slavering to get in to the fight.

From BBC ● May 11, 2026

Miller took one of the better-known characters from Stephen King's ginormous novel and transformed him into a slavering, blithering idiot, adding one more thing to despise atop a mountain of mediocrity.

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2021

With Star Wars: The Last Jedi, writer-director Rian Johnson made a point of answering questions set up by The Force Awakens, and giving fans some answers they were slavering for.

From The Verge ● Dec. 18, 2017

Among the movie’s pleasures is a creature design that at last breaks with H. R. Giger’s slavering aliens.

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2016

He’ll hear piano music draining down through the upper stories and cock his head, and then he’ll rove the sixth floor like a slavering demon.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr