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slavings

slavings is the plural of slaving.

Meaning of slaving

Noun

slaving (plural slavings)

  1. Enslavement.
    • The missionaries, soon after the restoration was complete, developed a nostalgia for the old days: the past slavings and excesses of the Muslims and Biheans, who had been the major armed aliens in the region, paled in comparison to the Congo Free State's cruel exercise of its monopolies of rubber...1993, Marcia Wright, Strategies of Slaves & Women, page 162
  2. The transport of slaves, especially by sea.
    • These two ships would then chase, stop, and search ships, and if the ships were found with slaves aboard or equipped for slaving, the ships were seized, any slaves freed, and fines imposed.2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 4:57 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024

Questions about slavings

What is slavings the plural of?
Slavings is the plural of slaving.

Words near slavings in the dictionary

  1. slavikite
  2. Slaviks
  3. Slavin
  4. slaving
  5. slaving away
  6. slavings
  7. Slavins
  8. slavisation
  9. slavish
  10. slavishly
  11. slavishness

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