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menstealer

menstealer is the alternative spelling of men-stealer.

Meaning of men-stealer

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 menstealer

pluralmenstealers

Origin of menstealer

From men + stealer.

Questions about menstealer

What is menstealer the alternative spelling of?
Menstealer is the alternative spelling of men-stealer.

Words near menstealer in the dictionary

  1. mensiochronology
  2. mensiversaries
  3. mensiversary
  4. Mensk
  5. Menson
  6. menstealer
  7. menstealers
  8. Menston
  9. menstral
  10. menstrate
  11. menstrated

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