slaveholding
slaveholding · slaveholdings
The institution or practice of owning slavesThe institution or practice of owning slaves.
» They brought slaves and slaveholding traditions with them, and cultivated hemp and tobacco.
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2 senses(uncountable)The institution or practice of owning slaves.
the practice of owning slaves
(countable)An owning of one or more slaves.
Examples
1 sentencesThey brought slaves and slaveholding traditions with them, and cultivated hemp and tobacco.
Origin
From slave + holding.From slave + holding.
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Forms
plural: slaveholdings| Singular | slaveholding |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- the practice of owning slaves:slavery
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.