Definitions for slaver

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slaver slav·er

Spelling: [sley-ver]

IPA: /ˈsleɪ vər/

Slaver is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in slaver (aelrsv).

Definitions for slaver

noun

1. a dealer in or an owner of slaves.
2. slave ship.
3. saliva coming from the mouth.
4. drivel.

verb (used with object)

1. Archaic. to smear with saliva.

verb (used without object)

1. to let saliva run from the mouth; slobber; drool.
2. to fawn.

Origin of slaver

First recorded in 1815-25; slave + -er¹

Examples for slaver

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

At the age of seven he had sailed with Cain in a slaver, and had ever since continued with him.

They smelled the blood on his head, and a slaver ran from their jaws.

She was a slaver recently captured off Bahia, and ordered to be sold by the Admiralty.

She may be a slaver, and if so, I know not whether we should be better off than we now are.

In which service, or pretended service, you commanded a slaver?

If a slaver, she was not likely to yield tamely if she had a chance of escape.

I wonder whether the other boat has fallen in with the slaver.

There could be little doubt from her appearance that she was a slaver.

The breeze was freshening, and the slaver made all sail away from the boat.