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houseslave

noun

Etymology

From house + slave.

  1. derived from σκῡλεύω
  2. derived from Σκλάβος
  3. derived from Sclavus — “Slav”
  4. derived from sclavus — “slave”
  5. derived from sclave
  6. inherited from sclave
  7. formed as houseslave — “house + slave”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of house slave.

    • A Sense of Humor Is the Houseslave's Salvation (section title)
    • As a houseslave, he was exposed to (or could overhear) prodigious sermons...
    • The usual laundry soap commercial portrays only the idiotic houseslave, not how she got that way, or how uninteresting and unchallenging her life ultimately is.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA