slavey
/ˈsleɪvi/UK/ˈsleɪvi/
slavey noun: a male servant.
Noun (1)
slavey (plural slaveys or slavies)
- A male servant.
- A female domestic servant; a maid or maidservant.
- I told a man on the links yesterday that I'd been a slavey for nine months. I was trying to explain why I was a suffragette […]1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 81
- "Doing? Not a Dam' thing. I mean, I was sitting on the bed lighting a cigarette. We'd just come upstairs. Everything was all right; old Peabody in Sydney and the slavey given a night off to go to the pictures."1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 82
Noun (2) capitalized: Slavey
Slavey (plural Slaveys or Slavey)
- A member of an Athabascan First Nations people indigenous to the region near the Great Slave Lake in western Canada
- Synonyms:
- Awokanak, Deh Cho, Deh Gah Got'ine
Proper noun capitalized: Slavey
Slavey
- A language spoken by the Slavey peoples.
- In the Northwest Territories, the languages with official status are English, French, Dëne Sųłıné (Chipewyan), Nēhiyawēwin (Cree), Dene Kǝdǝ́ (Northern Slavey), Dene Zhatıé (Southern Slavey), Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik (Gwich’in), Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun and Tłįcho.2025, Marie-Ève Hudon, Language regimes in the Provinces and the Territories, Ottawa, Canada: Library of Parliament, page 30
slavey meaning in Bengali
slavey in Bengali
- একজন পুরুষ ভৃত্য, একজন নারী গৃহভৃত্য, একজন দাসী, পরিচারিকা
Synonyms of slavey
- Awokanak
- Deh Cho
- Deh Gah Got'ine
Forms of slavey
| plural | slaveys |
|---|---|
| plural | slavies |
| plural | Slaveys |
| plural | Slavey |
| alternative form | Slave |
| alternative form | Slavé |
Origin of slavey
From slave + -y. Piecewise doublet of Slavic.
From French Esclave, a calque of a Cree name, as the Cree called these people (and several other traditional enemies) slaves. In English, the final e came to be pronounced as if Slave were a native name; this pronunciation was first written Slavé and later Slavey. The names of the Slave River, Lesser Slave River, Great Slave Lake and Lesser Slave Lake do not necessarily derive from the people now known as Slavey in English.
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Questions about slavey
- What does slavey mean?
- Slavey means a male servant.
- What is slavey in Bengali?
- Slavey in Bengali is একজন পুরুষ ভৃত্য, একজন নারী গৃহভৃত্য, একজন দাসী. See Slavey meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is slavey?
- Slavey can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce slavey?
- Slavey is pronounced /ˈsleɪvi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of slavey?
- The plural of slavey is slaveys.
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