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

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____ 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"
East European first to work hard (5)
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)
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 LA Times Daily 10 Jan 2018
Work really hard The Washington Post 10 Jan 2018
Galley oarsman, e.g USA Today 06 Jan 2018
Galley oarsman, e.g.
"12 Years a ___"
Work like a dog
Kunta Kinte, for one
Many a worker in ancient Rome
Work really hard
Spartacus, for one
"___ 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
One emancipated by emancipation
Toil (away)
Underground Railroad user
Toil away
Frederick Douglass was one
Frederic Douglass was one
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
Bond servant
Work very hard
Emancipation Proclamation subject
Emancipation Proclamation subject
Caliban in "The Tempest," e.g.
Toil (away)
Thirteenth Amendment beneficiary
Work hard
Work one's fingers to the bone
Toil
"12 Years a ___"
Nat Turner or Dred Scott
Spartacus, at one time
Amistad passenger
Verdi's Aida, e.g.
Work one's fingers to the bone
Underground Railroad "passenger"
Dred Scott, once
Drudge
Ben-Hur, for a while
Bondservant
Underground Railroad "passenger"
Skid Row "___ to the Grind"
Underground Railroad traveler
___ driver
Spartacus, for one
Plug away
Work too hard
Underground Railroad traveler
"Amistad" passenger
Toil (away)
Thirteenth Amendment beneficiary
Put in long hours
Toil
Work hard
Britney's "I'm a ___ 4 U"
Work like a dog
Work your fingers to the bone
Galley drudge
Ben-Hur, for a time
Sweat blood
Dred Scott, e.g.
Bond servant
Verdi's Aida, e.g.
Underground Railroad "passenger"
Work with scant appreciation
Ben-Hur, for a time
Toil away
Toil away
Slog
Freedman, once
Ben-Hur, for a time
Harriet Tubman "passenger"
Spartacus, for one
Toil too hard
Harriet Tubman "passenger"
Verdi's Aida, e.g.
"Amistad" extra
"Amistad" extra
Work like a dog
Toil
Ben-Hur, for one
Bust one's hump
Aida, e.g.
Amistad passenger
Emancipation Proclamation subject
Work really hard
Spartacus, e.g.
Amistad passenger
Work hard
Labor feverishly
Exploited worker
Joseph, while in Egypt
Underground Railroad user
Drudge
Kind of wages
Nat Turner, e.g.
Toil
Nat Turner, e.g.
Old plantation worker
Old plantation worker
Toil
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
Work your fingers to the bone
Canada's Great __ Lake
Esne
Toil
Dred Scott, e.g.
Machine triggered by another
Work very hard
Aïda, for instance
Spartacus, e.g.
Aesop or Epictetus
Nat Turner was one
'Gladiator' extra
Master's minion
Bond servant
Bond servant
Work too hard
Egregious trade in American history
Serf, essentially
Computer device controlled by another
Androcles, e.g.
Really toil
Unpaid laborer
Canada's Great __ Lake
Great __ Lake
Work like a horse
Aida was one
"Amistad" character
Amistad passenger
Spartacus, notably
Drudge
Work, work, work
Work day and night
Computer peripheral
Work like a dog
Workhorse
Ben-Hur, for one
Work one's fingers to the bone
Dred Scott or Nat Turner
Work with scant appreciation
Spartacus, e.g.
Drudge
Verdi's Aïda, e.g.
Labor feverishly
Toil
Androcles e.g.
Wage -
Work hard
Toiler
Vassal
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
Joseph in Egypt
Harriet Tubman was one
Serf
Turner or Tubman
Thrall
Work hard
Little Harriet Tubman
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
Eliza Harris, for example.
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.
Booker T. Washington was one.
Uncle Tom, for instance.
___ labor.
Serf.
Dred Scott.
One who is completely dominated.
Work like a dog
Citizen of Hitler's new order.
"Be not the ___ of Words."—Carlyle.
Dred Scott was one.
Aesop's early status
Toil
What Aesop was.
What Spartacus was.
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