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antislave

antislave adjective: opposing slavery.

Adjective

antislave (comparative more antislave, superlative most antislave)

  1. Opposing slavery.
    • (The Browns gave the Obamas an ornate penholder made from the timber of a Victorian antislave ship.)2009 April 3, Helene Cooper, “Obama’s Star Turn at Summit Gets Mixed Results”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2022

Forms of antislave

comparativemore antislave
superlativemost antislave

Origin of antislave

From anti- + slave.

Questions about antislave

What does antislave mean?
Antislave means opposing slavery.
What part of speech is antislave?
Antislave is an adjective.

Words near antislave in the dictionary

  1. antiskyrmions
  2. antislam
  3. antislamming
  4. antislang
  5. antislaughter
  6. antislave
  7. antislaver
  8. antislavers
  9. antislavery
  10. antislaveryism
  11. antislavic

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