slaver

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English slaveren, from Old Norse slafra (“to slaver”), probably imitative. Doublet of slabber. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈslævə/ (US) enPR: slăvʹər, IPA(key): /ˈslævɚ/ Rhymes: -ævə(ɹ) ==== Verb ==== slaver (third-person singular simple present slavers, present participle slavering, simple past and past participle slavered) (intransitive) To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber. (intransitive) To fawn. (intransitive, of saliva) To be drooled out of someone’s mouth. (transitive) To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth. To be besmeared with saliva. ===== Synonyms ===== (emit saliva): drool, slobber ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== slaver (uncountable) Saliva running from the mouth; drool. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From slave (“enslave, traffic in slaves”) + -er. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) enPR: slāʹvə, IPA(key): /ˈsleɪvə/ (US) enPR: slāʹvər, IPA(key): /ˈsleɪvɚ/ ==== Noun ==== slaver (plural slavers) A person engaged in the slave trade; a person who buys, sells, transports, or owns slaves. A white slaver; a person who sells prostitutes into sexual slavery. (nautical) A ship used to transport slaves. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “slaver”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “slaver” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC. === Anagrams === Lavers, arvels, larves, lavers, ravels, revals, salver, serval, velars, versal == Danish == === Etymology 1 === Via Medieval Latin Sclavus and Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos) from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ. Compare also English Slav and German Slawe. The Medieval Latin word was also used for “slave” (cf. Danish slave). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈslæˀʋɐ], [ˈslæwˀɐ] ==== Noun ==== slaver c Slav === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈslæːʋɐ], [ˈslæːwɐ] ==== Noun ==== slaver c indefinite plural of slave === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈslæːʋɐ], [ˈslæːwɐ] ==== Verb ==== slaver present of slave == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === slaver m pl indefinite masculine plural of slave == Swedish == === Noun === slaver indefinite plural of slav === Anagrams === alvers, levars, slevar, valser, versal