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Slave

See Slav.

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Broader term 4

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Narrower term 9

Bond servant 76% connected

A slave; one who is bound to service without wages.

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Bondmaid 76% connected

A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, as distinguished from a hired servant.

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Bondman 76% connected

A man slave, or one bound to service without wages.

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Bondsman 76% connected

A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman.

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Bondswoman 76% connected

See Bondwoman.

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Bondwoman 76% connected

A woman who is a slave, or in bondage.

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Creature 76% connected

Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.

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Puppet 76% connected

A small image in the human form; a doll.

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Tool 76% connected

An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Striver 92% connected

One who strives.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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