Meaning & use
Slavers
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Lets saliva drip from the mouth, especially in eager anticipation, hunger, or excitement; also, the plural of 'slaver,' a person or ship engaged in the slave trade.
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The dog slavers over its bowl every time dinner is prepared.
Historians have documented the routes taken by slavers across the Atlantic.
A note on using this word
The verb sense (to drool) and the noun sense (a slave trader) are unrelated in origin, despite the identical spelling.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
Plural of 'slaver': a person or ship that trades in or transports enslaved people.
The museum exhibit traced the routes once used by slavers.
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