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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Servant (5) Mirror Quick 18 Sep 2025
Addict left during rescue (5) Mirror Cryptic 18 Sep 2025
Work very hard, invest, keeping pounds (5) The Sun Two Speed 12 Sep 2025
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)
Veal's cooked by serf (5)
Hard worker left locked up by husband (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)
Addict left during rescue Mirror Cryptic 29 Aug 2024
Servant Mirror Quick 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)
Work extremely hard to put by about a pound (5)
Captive worker
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
Work really hard
Many a worker in ancient Rome
Spartacus, for one
Work like a dog
Kunta Kinte, for one
Galley oarsman, e.g.
"12 Years a ___"
"___ 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"
Toil away
Bondservant
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
One emancipated by emancipation
Underground Railroad user
Toil away
Frederick Douglass was one
Frederic Douglass was one
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
Spartacus, at one time
"12 Years a ___"
Work one's fingers to the bone
Toil
Nat Turner or Dred Scott
Amistad passenger
Verdi's Aida, e.g.
Bondservant
Dred Scott, once
Drudge
Skid Row "___ to the Grind"
Ben-Hur, for a while
Underground Railroad "passenger"
Underground Railroad "passenger"
Plug away
Underground Railroad traveler
Work too hard
Underground Railroad traveler
Toil (away)
Spartacus, for one
Thirteenth Amendment beneficiary
"Amistad" passenger
___ driver
Toil
Work hard
Put in long hours
Ben-Hur, for a time
Britney's "I'm a ___ 4 U"
Galley drudge
Work your fingers to the bone
Dred Scott, e.g.
Sweat blood
Work like a dog
Underground Railroad "passenger"
Ben-Hur, for a time
Work with scant appreciation
Verdi's Aida, e.g.
Bond servant
Toil too hard
Slog
Verdi's Aida, e.g.
Spartacus, for one
Harriet Tubman "passenger"
Harriet Tubman "passenger"
Toil away
Toil away
Ben-Hur, for a time
Freedman, once
Work hard
Toil
"Amistad" extra
Work really hard
Spartacus, e.g.
Exploited worker
Joseph, while in Egypt
Labor feverishly
"Amistad" extra
Work like a dog
Bust one's hump
Aida, e.g.
Amistad passenger
Ben-Hur, for one
Amistad passenger
Emancipation Proclamation subject
Underground Railroad user
Drudge
Old plantation worker
Nat Turner, e.g.
Nat Turner, e.g.
Toil
Kind of wages
Old plantation worker
Work your fingers to the bone
Androcles, e.g.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half ___ and half free": Abraham Lincoln
Androcles, for one
Dred Scott, e.g.
Machine triggered by another
Toil
Esne
Canada's Great __ Lake
Toil
Bond servant
Work very hard
Aesop or Epictetus
Aïda, for instance
Bond servant
Master's minion
Work too hard
Nat Turner was one
Spartacus, e.g.
'Gladiator' extra
Androcles, e.g.
Computer device controlled by another
Aida was one
Serf, essentially
Egregious trade in American history
Really toil
Work like a horse
Canada's Great __ Lake
Unpaid laborer
Great __ Lake
Spartacus, notably
"Amistad" character
Drudge
Amistad passenger
Computer peripheral
Work day and night
Work like a dog
Work, work, work
Workhorse
Work with scant appreciation
Toil
Labor feverishly
Work one's fingers to the bone
Dred Scott or Nat Turner
Ben-Hur, for one
Drudge
Spartacus, e.g.
Verdi's Aïda, e.g.
Wage -
Toiler
Androcles e.g.
Vassal
Work hard
Nat Turner was one
See 26 Across
Kind of driver
Work, work, work
Aïda, for one
Dred Scott was one
Kind of labor
Dred Scott, e.g.
Frederic Douglass was one
Serf
Joseph in Egypt
Harriet Tubman was one
Turner or Tubman
Thrall
Work hard
Little Harriet Tubman
Spartacus was one
Choiceless worker
___ bracelet
Helot
Eliza Harris, e.g.
Kind of bracelet
Caliban, to Prospero
Canadian river, fed by the Peace
Bondsman
Kind of labor or driver
Bondman
Spartacus, for one
Nat Turner, for one
Bracelet or ant
Joseph in Egypt, for one
Aesop, for one
___ labor.
Citizen of Hitler's new order.
What Spartacus was.
What Aesop was.
Work like a dog
Onetime status of Booker T. Washington.
Drudge.
Aida's status.
Toil.
Tom, in "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Great ___ Lake.
Vassal.
Aida was one.
___ bracelet.
Demetrius in "The Robe."
Bondsman.
___ driver.
Worker for Simon Legree.
Spartacus was one.
Great ___ Lake, in Canada.
Dominated person.
One who is completely dominated.
Dred Scott was one.
Uncle Tom, for instance.
Dred Scott.
Booker T. Washington was one.
"Be not the ___ of Words."—Carlyle.
Eliza Harris, for example.
Serf.
Aesop's early status
Toil
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