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WHITE SLAVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white slave mean? 

WHITE SLAVE (noun)
  The noun WHITE SLAVE has 1 sense:

1. a woman sold into prostitutionplay

  Familiarity information: WHITE SLAVE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHITE SLAVE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman sold into prostitution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("white slave" is a kind of...):

bawd; cocotte; cyprian; fancy woman; harlot; lady of pleasure; prostitute; sporting lady; tart; whore; woman of the street; working girl (a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money)


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