slaver

¹

[ sley-ver ]

noun

1. a person who buys, sells, or owns human beings; an enslaver.
2. slave ship.

slaver

²

[ slav-er, sley-ver, slah- ]

verb (used without object)

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

verb (used with object)

1. Archaic. to smear with saliva.

noun

1. saliva coming from the mouth.
2. drivel.

slaver

¹

/ ˈsleɪvə /

noun

1. an owner of or dealer in slaves
2. another name for slave ship

slaver

²

/ ˈslævə /

verb

1. to dribble saliva
2. often foll by over
   1. to fawn or drool (over someone)
   2. to show great desire (for); lust (after)

noun

1. saliva dribbling from the mouth
2. informal.
   drivel

Derived Forms

• ˈslaverer, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of slaver¹

First recorded in 1815–25; slave + -er ¹

Origin of slaver²

1275–1325; Middle English slaver (noun), slaveren (v.), probably < Scandinavian; compare Icelandic slafra to slobber

Word History and Origins

Origin of slaver¹

C14: probably of Low Dutch origin; related to slobber

Example Sentences

Republican senators have only become more puppy-like, slavering for Trump’s favor — and more deserving of defeat.

From Los Angeles Times

And he is now backed by the vast majority of elected Republicans who are clearly slavering at the prospect of taking down their political enemies.

From Salon

He was invited to join a group of slaver descendants confronting the past and through them, forged relationships in the country where Africans were once owned by his ancestor.

From BBC

Not backed up by the whole of law enforcement, mind you, because otherwise, there’d be no story, no slavering depictions of depravity, no waltz into the abyss and no righteous body count.

From Los Angeles Times

By that time, white slavers had grown so accustomed to ignoring the Emancipation Proclamation, issued more than two years earlier, that even after Juneteenth, the institution of enslavement lingered on.

From Los Angeles Times