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slave trades

slave trades is the plural of slave trade.

Meaning of slave trade

Noun

slave trade (plural slave trades)

  1. Traffic in slaves.
    • There was considerable scepticism as to whether the line would pay, but its avowed intention was to put an end to the slave trade.1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 262

Questions about slave trades

What is slave trades the plural of?
Slave trades is the plural of slave trade.

Words near slave trades in the dictionary

  1. slave to fashion
  2. slave to the wage
  3. slave trade
  4. slave trader
  5. slave traders
  6. slave trades
  7. slave wage
  8. slave wages
  9. slave-breeding
  10. slave-driver
  11. slave-drivers

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