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slave XIII. ME. sclave, aphetic — (O)F. esclave, prop. fem. of esclaf — medL. sclavus, -va, identical with the ethnic name Sclavus SLAV, the Slavonic races having been reduced to a servile state by conquest.
Hence slavery XVI. slavey †male servant or attendant; female domestic servant. XIX; see -Y4. slavish XVI.

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