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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SLAVEY

SLAVEY Slav "ey, n.

 

Defn: A maidservant. [Colloq. & Jocose Eng. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

slavey

slav ey |ˈslāvē ˈsleɪvi | ▶noun ( pl. slaveys ) Brit. informal, dated a maidservant, esp. a hard-worked one.

 

Slavey

Slavey |ˈsleɪvi | ▶noun ( pl. same or Slaveys ) 1 a member of a Dene people of NW Canada. 2 [ mass noun ] either of the two languages (North and South Slavey ) spoken by the Slavey. ▶adjective relating to the Slavey or their languages. ORIGIN translating Cree awahkān ‘captive, slave ’.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Slavey

Slavey |ˈsleɪvi | ▶noun ( pl. same or Slaveys ) 1 a member of a Dene people of NW Canada. 2 [ mass noun ] either of the two languages (North and South Slavey ) spoken by the Slavey. ▶adjective relating to the Slavey or their languages. ORIGIN translating Cree awahkān ‘captive, slave ’.

 

slavey

slavey |ˈsleɪvi | ▶noun ( pl. slaveys ) Brit. informal, dated a maidservant, especially a hard-worked one.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

slavey

slav ey /sléɪvi /名詞 複 ～s C ｟英話 ｠(下宿などの )下働きの女中 .