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Etymology

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From enslave +‎ -er.

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Noun

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enslaver (plural enslavers)

  1. One who enslaves.
    • 1720, Jonathan Swift, To Stella, visiting me in my sickness:
      What indignation in her mind
      Against enslavers of mankind!
      Base kings, and ministers of state,
      Eternal objects of her hate!
    • 2009 March 30, Edward Rothstein, “Casting a Sliver of Light on the Heart of Darkness”, in New York Times[1]:
      And then came others, possessing weaponry and a sophisticated support before which tribes in dense jungles had no recourse: European concessionaires and feckless traders, brutish exploiters and enslavers.

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