Word "SLAVE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
work very hard, like a slave
Synonyms:
break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
someone who works as hard as a slave
Synonyms:
hard worker, striver

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a person who is owned by someone

Crossword Clues for SLAVE

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Work very hard, invest, keeping pounds (5) The Sun Two Speed 13 Aug 2025
East European first to work hard (5) Puzzler Cryptic 12 Jul 2025
____ away, work very hard The Telegraph Plusword 08 Jul 2025
Person held as property (5)
Work very hard to salvage about fifty (5)
Addict left during rescue Mirror Cryptic 22 May 2025
Unpaid servant Mirror Quick 22 May 2025
Work hard to put by fifty in it (5)
"12 Years a ___" (2013 Best Picture winner)
12 Years a _, 2013 film (5)
Addict leaves hurriedly, without key (5)
Person forced to work for another (5)
A bondsman has to work so hard (5)
Chiwetel Ejiofor movie, 12 Years a ___-- (5)
Spartacus, notably The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 20 Mar 2025
Mechanism controlled by another, except for about a pound (5)
____ to the Rhythm, Grace Jones song The Telegraph Mini 22 Feb 2025
Left inside, except addict (5)
Work very hard to rescue a number trapped in (5)
I'm a ...4 U (Britney Spears hit) (5)
Forced labourer The Telegraph Mini 28 Jan 2025
Not a willing worker (5)
See 7 Across Mirror Quiz 28 Dec 2024
Many a character in "Roots"
Work very hard, invest, keeping pounds The Sun Two Speed 30 Nov 2024
Skivvy The Sun Two Speed 30 Nov 2024
Work excessively hard to put by about a pound (5)
Labour (over)
Hard worker left locked up by husband (5)
Veal's cooked by serf (5)
(and 5 Across) Exploitation of people or valuables somehow (5,6)
Exploitation of people or valuables somehow (5,6)
Enforced labourer (5)
Keep about fifty to work as drudges (5)
Servant Mirror Quick 29 Aug 2024
Addict left during rescue Mirror Cryptic 29 Aug 2024
Northwest Territories body of water, Great ___ Lake
Skivvy The Sun Two Speed 21 Aug 2024
Work very hard, invest, keeping pounds The Sun Two Speed 21 Aug 2024
"12 Years a "
It's not the master who will put by about a pound (5)
He's bound to do a hard day's work
Work hard, save about 50 (5)
Work very hard (colloq) (5)
Captive worker
Work extremely hard to put by about a pound (5)
Keep student inside as a servant (5)
Unpaid worker Mirror Quick 18 Apr 2024
Except having left serf Mirror Cryptic 18 Apr 2024
One must work very hard, being a vassal (5)
Someone who is owned
Unpaid toiler
Work extremely hard to put by about fifty (5)
12 Years a ___ (Nyong'o movie)
Movie, 12 Years A...
"12 Years a __"
Memoir of American abolitionist Solomon Northup from 1853 (6,5,1,5)
Drudge Mirror Tea Time 22 Jan 2024
Work excessively hard The Times Concise 05 Dec 2022
Work too hard Newsday 20 Nov 2022
Heston Oscar role Newsday 26 Jun 2021
'12 Years a ___' New York Times 05 Jan 2021
Bondsman, thrall The Times Concise 04 Aug 2020
Work like a dog Wall Street Journal 18 Mar 2020
"12 Years a ___," 2013 biographical period drama film adapted from the 1853 memoir of the same name, whose music was composed by Hans Zimmer
Oscar-winning hit "12 Years a ___"
Unpaid worker The Telegraph Quick 26 Feb 2019
Oscar-winning film, "12 Years a ___"
Work like a dog USA Today 18 Feb 2019
Work like a dog
Person 'owned' by another Irish Times Simplex 22 Dec 2018
Kunta Kinte, for one Wall Street Journal 31 Jul 2018
Many a worker in ancient Rome New York Times 22 Jul 2018
Human chattel Canadiana 02 Jul 2018
Spartacus, for one Wall Street Journal 25 Jun 2018
Really work Premier Sunday 03 Jun 2018
Work like a dog New York Times 01 May 2018
"12 Years a ___" Universal 19 Feb 2018
"12 Years a ___," an Oscar-winning film starring Chiwetel Ejiofor
Work really hard The Washington Post 10 Jan 2018
Work really hard LA Times Daily 10 Jan 2018
Galley oarsman, e.g USA Today 06 Jan 2018
Spartacus, for one
Many a worker in ancient Rome
Work really hard
"12 Years a ___"
Galley oarsman, e.g.
Kunta Kinte, for one
Work like a dog
"___ to the Grind" Universal 16 Dec 2017
Work excessively hard The Times Concise 07 Dec 2017
Ben-Hur, for one Wall Street Journal 24 Oct 2017
Bondservant Universal 05 Oct 2017
Really toil Premier Sunday 24 Sep 2017
Spartacus, e.g Thomas Joseph 05 May 2017
Spartacus, for one Thomas Joseph 17 Mar 2017
Toil away USA Today 24 Feb 2017
"___ to the Grind"
Bondservant
Toil away
Underground Railroad user Universal 14 Dec 2016
One in bondage The Telegraph Quick 25 Nov 2016
Aida or Androcles USA Today 19 Nov 2016
Toil away Thomas Joseph 24 Oct 2016
Work very hard to put money aside when about fifty
Frederick Douglass was one Universal 22 Aug 2016
One emancipated by emancipation New York Times 25 Jul 2016
Ascending in medieval society, one worked hard
Frederic Douglass was one Universal 09 Jul 2016
Toil away Universal 01 Jul 2016
Toil (away) LA Times Daily 22 May 2016
Work day and night USA Today 18 Mar 2016
Serf Canadiana 29 Feb 2016
Work too hard Newsday 28 Feb 2016
Put money aside to cover student work The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Jan 2016
Frederick Douglass was one
Toil (away)
Frederic Douglass was one
One emancipated by emancipation
Underground Railroad user
Toil away
Work very hard Newsday 19 Oct 2015
Emancipation Proclamation subject USA Today 14 Sep 2015
Caliban in 'The Tempest,' e.g New York Times 30 Aug 2015
Thirteenth Amendment beneficiary LA Times Daily 25 Jul 2015
Work hard LA Times Daily 16 Jul 2015
Toil (away) New York Times 07 Apr 2015
Work one's fingers to the bone USA Today 24 Feb 2015
Emancipation Proclamation subject LA Times Daily 10 Feb 2015
Person owned by another Irish Times Simplex 29 Jan 2015
Bond servant USA Today 14 Jan 2015
Thirteenth Amendment beneficiary
Emancipation Proclamation subject
Work hard
Work very hard
Caliban in "The Tempest," e.g.
Toil (away)
Bond servant
Emancipation Proclamation subject
Work one's fingers to the bone
Work one's fingers to the bone
"12 Years a ___"
Nat Turner or Dred Scott
Spartacus, at one time
Verdi's Aida, e.g.
Amistad passenger
Toil
Underground Railroad "passenger"
Skid Row "___ to the Grind"
Dred Scott, once
Drudge
Underground Railroad "passenger"
Bondservant
Ben-Hur, for a while
Spartacus, for one
Plug away
Underground Railroad traveler
Work too hard
___ driver
Thirteenth Amendment beneficiary
"Amistad" passenger
Underground Railroad traveler
Toil (away)
Put in long hours
Toil
Work hard
Dred Scott, e.g.
Galley drudge
Britney's "I'm a ___ 4 U"
Sweat blood
Ben-Hur, for a time
Work your fingers to the bone
Work like a dog
Underground Railroad "passenger"
Bond servant
Verdi's Aida, e.g.
Ben-Hur, for a time
Work with scant appreciation
Freedman, once
Toil away
Toil away
Verdi's Aida, e.g.
Toil too hard
Spartacus, for one
Harriet Tubman "passenger"
Ben-Hur, for a time
Harriet Tubman "passenger"
Slog
Spartacus, e.g.
Amistad passenger
Emancipation Proclamation subject
Work hard
Exploited worker
Joseph, while in Egypt
"Amistad" extra
Labor feverishly
"Amistad" extra
Work like a dog
Toil
Bust one's hump
Work really hard
Aida, e.g.
Amistad passenger
Ben-Hur, for one
Underground Railroad user
Drudge
Nat Turner, e.g.
Kind of wages
Nat Turner, e.g.
Toil
Old plantation worker
Old plantation worker
Work your fingers to the bone
Androcles, for one
Dred Scott, e.g.
Machine triggered by another
Toil
Esne
Canada's Great __ Lake
Toil
"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half ___ and half free": Abraham Lincoln
Androcles, e.g.
Bond servant
Work too hard
Work very hard
Aïda, for instance
Master's minion
Bond servant
'Gladiator' extra
Nat Turner was one
Spartacus, e.g.
Aesop or Epictetus
Serf, essentially
Really toil
Canada's Great __ Lake
Computer device controlled by another
Aida was one
Work like a horse
Egregious trade in American history
Unpaid laborer
Great __ Lake
Androcles, e.g.
Drudge
Spartacus, notably
"Amistad" character
Amistad passenger
Workhorse
Work day and night
Work, work, work
Work like a dog
Computer peripheral
Work with scant appreciation
Verdi's Aïda, e.g.
Spartacus, e.g.
Drudge
Ben-Hur, for one
Dred Scott or Nat Turner
Work one's fingers to the bone
Toil
Labor feverishly
Wage -
Androcles e.g.
Work hard
Toiler
Vassal
Kind of driver
See 26 Across
Nat Turner was one
Work, work, work
Aïda, for one
Dred Scott was one
Kind of labor
Dred Scott, e.g.
Frederic Douglass was one
Harriet Tubman was one
Joseph in Egypt
Serf
Turner or Tubman
Thrall
Little Harriet Tubman
Work hard
Choiceless worker
Spartacus was one
Helot
___ bracelet
Eliza Harris, e.g.
Kind of bracelet
Canadian river, fed by the Peace
Caliban, to Prospero
Bondsman
Kind of labor or driver
Bondman
Spartacus, for one
Bracelet or ant
Nat Turner, for one
Joseph in Egypt, for one
Aesop, for one
Onetime status of Booker T. Washington.
Drudge.
Aida's status.
Toil.
Tom, in "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Great ___ Lake.
Aesop's early status
Aida was one.
___ bracelet.
Demetrius in "The Robe."
Bondsman.
___ driver.
Worker for Simon Legree.
Spartacus was one.
Great ___ Lake, in Canada.
Dominated person.
Booker T. Washington was one.
Vassal.
Eliza Harris, for example.
Dred Scott was one.
One who is completely dominated.
Dred Scott.
"Be not the ___ of Words."—Carlyle.
Serf.
What Spartacus was.
___ labor.
What Aesop was.
Citizen of Hitler's new order.
Work like a dog
Toil
Uncle Tom, for instance.
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