enslaver

English

Etymology

enslave +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Noun

enslaver (plural enslavers)

1. One who enslaves.
   • 1720, Jonathan Swift, To Stella, visiting me in my sickness:

     What indignation in her mind
     Against enslavers of mankind!
     Base kings, and ministers of state,
     Eternal objects of her hate!

   • 2009 March 30, Edward Rothstein, “Casting a Sliver of Light on the Heart of Darkness”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     And then came others, possessing weaponry and a sophisticated support before which tribes in dense jungles had no recourse: European concessionaires and feckless traders, brutish exploiters and enslavers.

Anagrams

• Vanleers