Thesaurus / slaver
FEEDBACKHow to use slaver in a sentence
If making a break for open water was not an option, the slaver crewed upward of 80 men and carried 14 powerful guns.
THE FORGOTTEN HISTORY OF A BRITISH SHIP THAT FOUGHT A NOTORIOUS SLAVER—AND WONA.E. ROOKSJANUARY 14, 2022TIMEThey also warned other slavers that the West Africa Squadron had become an effective force, and only fast, well-armed ships could have a chance of escape.
THE FORGOTTEN HISTORY OF A BRITISH SHIP THAT FOUGHT A NOTORIOUS SLAVER—AND WONA.E. ROOKSJANUARY 14, 2022TIMEIt is worth noting that most captives did not live longer than a few months after arriving in Europe, succumbing to foreign illness or malnourishment when their slavers did not feed them.
TATTOOS HAVE A LONG HISTORY GOING BACK TO THE ANCIENT WORLD – AND ALSO TO COLONIALISMLGBTQ-EDITORSEPTEMBER 13, 2021NO STRAIGHT NEWSOn the same evening we saw a vessel, which our captain affirmed was a slaver, run into the bay.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERWe had hardly lost sight of the slaver before one of our own crew had nearly committed suicide.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERThat and more too might be said of the districts where the white slaver grows rich from his traffic in girls.
FIGHTING THE TRAFFIC IN YOUNG GIRLSVARIOUSUpon refusing they were dragged through the streets and given to a white slaver.
FIGHTING THE TRAFFIC IN YOUNG GIRLSVARIOUSThe wind had died away and the slaver lay between the yawl and the eastern dawn, a dim yet recognizable bulk.
RALPH GRANGER'S FORTUNESWILLIAM PERRY BROWNAs the last glimpse of the slaver faded into nothingness, both felt relieved.
RALPH GRANGER'S FORTUNESWILLIAM PERRY BROWNEach discharge sent apprehensive thrills through the slaver's crew.
RALPH GRANGER'S FORTUNESWILLIAM PERRY BROWNWORDS RELATED TO SLAVER
- abase
- apple-polish
- be at beck and call
- be obsequious
- be servile
- blandish
- bow
- brown-nose
- buddy up
- butter up
- cajole
- cater to
- cave in to
- cotton
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- curry favor
- debase
- defer
- fall all over
- fall on one's knees
- flatter
- grovel
- honey up
- invite
- jolly
- kneel
- kowtow
- lay it on
- lick boots
- make up to
- massage
- oil
- pander
- pay court
- play up to
- scrape
- slaver
- snow
- stoop
- stroke
- submit
- toady
- truckle
- woo
- yield
- abased
- apple-polished
- blandished
- bowed
- brownnosed
- buddy up
- buttered up
- cajoled
- catered to
- caved in to
- cottoned
- courted
- cowered
- crawled
- crept
- cringed
- crouched
- curried favor
- debased
- deferred
- fell all over
- fell on one's knees
- flattered
- grovelled
- honey up
- invited
- jollied
- knelt
- kowtowed
- lay it on
- lick boots
- made up to
- massaged
- oiled
- paid court
- pandered
- played up to
- scraped
- slavered
- snowed
- stooped
- stroked
- submitted
- toadied
- truckled
- was at beck and called
- was obsequious
- was servile
- wooed
- yielded
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.