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ˈslave-trader
[Cf. prec. and slave n.1 8 a.]
1. One who trades in slaves; a slaver.
1813Examiner 22 Mar. 184/2 The..conviction of three slave-traders at Sierra Leone. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. II. xxxv. 390 For the English colonies, her Britannic majesty..was the exclusive slave-trader.
2. A ship engaged in the slave-trade.
1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 232 The most ordinary slave-trader of all..flies no flag. |