English Explanatory Dictionary

slaveholding

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having possession/ownership of one or more slaves.
noun
  1. The institution or practice of owning slaves.
  2. An owning of one or more slaves.

Word forms

slaveholding slaveholdings

Etymology

From slave + holding.

Related words

nonslaveholder nonslaveholding slaveholder smallholder smallholding
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