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men-stealer

men-stealer noun: a slave-dealer; someone who seizes other persons to hold those persons as slaves or sell them into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.

Noun

men-stealer (plural men-stealers)

  1. A slave-dealer; someone who seizes other persons to hold those persons as slaves or sell them into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.
    • In abolishing slavery, you abolish that calling of the men-stealer, and in abolishing that calling you abolish slavery.1846, A Debate on Slavery, held in the City of Cincinnati on the first, second, third, and sixth days of October, 1845, page 429

Forms of men-stealer

pluralmen-stealers
alternative formmenstealer

Questions about men-stealer

What does men-stealer mean?
Men-stealer means a slave-dealer; someone who seizes other persons to hold those persons as slaves or sell them into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.
What part of speech is men-stealer?
Men-stealer is a noun.
What is the plural of men-stealer?
The plural of men-stealer is men-stealers.

Words near men-stealer in the dictionary

  1. men-at-arms
  2. men-children
  3. men-o'-war
  4. men-o-war
  5. men-of-war
  6. men-stealer
  7. men-stealers
  8. Men-t'ou-kou
  9. Mena
  10. Mena Park
  11. menabitan

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