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slaveholder

[ sleyv-hohl-der ]

noun

  1. an owner of enslaved people in the institution of chattel slavery.


slaveholder

/ ˈsleɪvˌhəʊldə /

noun

  1. a person who owns slaves
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈslaveˌholding, noun
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Other Words From

  • slaveholding noun
  • non·slaveholding adjective noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slaveholder1

First recorded in 1770–80; slave + holder
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Example Sentences

It doesn’t have to be race as we have inherited it from long dead elite slaveholders.

From Time

What I would grant to the devil himself, I would not withhold even from the slaveholder—his due.

Almost the first Northern men whom the slaveholder has learned to respect!

Not a solitary slaveholder will I allow to enjoy repose on any other condition than instantly ceasing to be one.

So reads the Mosaic code, and by it every American Slaveholder is convicted of a capital crime.

Now, sir, what right does this take away from any slaveholder?

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