slaver

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
2. (intransitive) To fawn.
3. (intransitive) To be drooled out of someone’s mouth.
4. (transitive) To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.
5. To be besmeared with saliva.

Noun

Saliva running from the mouth; drool.

Noun

1. A person engaged in the slave trade; a person who buys, sells, transports, or owns slaves.
2. A person engaged in the slave trade; a person who buys, sells, transports, or owns slaves.
3. A ship used to transport slaves.

Synonyms

slobber

drivel

dribble

drool

salivate

slabber

saliva

slave trader

spittle

slave dealer

slaveholder

slave owner

slave-trader

slave ship

sticky saliva

drooling

flatter

pus

slobbering

sputterer

yearn

slobberer

driveler

slave-ship

aspire

Translations

baver

sbavare

bave

sabbern

schiavista

geifern

négrier

babear

kwijlen

δουλέμπορος

negriero

slavenhandelaar

Sklavenhändler

esclavista

sabbere

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈslævə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: slaveren

In summary

From Middle English slaveren, from Old Norse slafra (“to slaver”), probably imitative. Doublet of slabber.