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manstealer

manstealer noun: a slave-dealer; someone who seizes another person to hold that person as a slave or sell that person into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.

Noun

manstealer (plural manstealers)

  1. A slave-dealer; someone who seizes another person to hold that person as a slave or sell that person into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.
    • The law is made for manstealers.1836, American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4

Forms of manstealer

pluralmanstealers
alternative formman-stealer

Origin of manstealer

From man + stealer.

Questions about manstealer

What does manstealer mean?
Manstealer means a slave-dealer; someone who seizes another person to hold that person as a slave or sell that person into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.
What part of speech is manstealer?
Manstealer is a noun.
What is the plural of manstealer?
The plural of manstealer is manstealers.

Words near manstealer in the dictionary

  1. manspreaders
  2. manspreading
  3. manspreads
  4. manssiere
  5. manssieres
  6. manstealer
  7. manstealers
  8. manstealing
  9. Manston
  10. manstopper
  11. manstoppers

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