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slave names

slave names is the plural of slave name.

Meaning of slave name

Noun

slave name (plural slave names)

  1. A name or surname given to a person held in slavery, or passed down to their descendants.
    • They might not know which name to call—my slave name, Marie Laveau, or the unknown African name that should've been mine.1995, Jewell P. Rhodes, Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau, page 164
  2. (broadly, derogatory) Any name imposed on one by others rather than chosen by them for themselves (but generally excluding names bestowed by one's parents).
    • 'Woman' is my slave name; feminism will give me freedom to seek some other identity altogether.1989, Ann Snitow, “Pages from a Gender Diary”, in Dissent, page 205

Questions about slave names

What is slave names the plural of?
Slave names is the plural of slave name.

Words near slave names in the dictionary

  1. slave labour
  2. Slave Lake
  3. slave market
  4. slave markets
  5. slave name
  6. slave names
  7. slave of the lamp
  8. slave owner
  9. slave owners
  10. Slave River
  11. slave ship

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