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SLAVELESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slaveless mean?
• SLAVELESS (adjective)
The adjective SLAVELESS has 1 sense:
1. where slavery was prohibited
Familiarity information: SLAVELESS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Where slavery was prohibited
Synonyms:
free-soil; non-slave; slaveless
Context example:
a free-soil state
Similar:
free (not held in servitude)
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