The difference between Freeman and Slave
When used as nouns, freeman means a person who is not a serf or slave, whereas slave means a person who is the property of another person and whose labor (and sometimes also whose life) is subject to the owner's volition.
Slave is also verb with the meaning: to work hard.
check bellow for the other definitions of Freeman and Slave
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Freeman as a noun (usually, _, historical):
A free person, particularly: A person who is not a serf or slave. A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others. An honorary freeman: a person who has received an honorary freedom of a city. A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship. A person who immigrated to Australia freely, as opposed to those transported as convicts, or such a transported convict who has regained his freedom. An independent fur trapper.
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Slave as a noun:
A person who is the property of another person and whose labor (and sometimes also whose life) is subject to the owner's volition.
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Slave as a noun:
A person who is legally obliged by prior contract (oral or written) to work for another, with contractually limited rights to bargain; an indentured servant.
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Slave as a noun:
A drudge; one who labours like a slave.
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Slave as a noun:
One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders to something.
Examples:
"a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition"
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Slave as a noun:
An abject person; a wretch.
Examples:
"Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast kill'd/ Mine innocent child?'' Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing."
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Slave as a noun:
A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually and/or personally) serving one or more masters or mistresses.
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Slave as a noun:
A person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts or services on a regular or continuing basis.
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Slave as a noun (engineering):
A device that is controlled by another device.
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Slave as a verb (intransitive):
To work hard.
Examples:
"I was slaving all day over a hot stove."
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Slave as a verb (transitive):
To enslave.
Examples:
"rfquotek Marston"
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Slave as a verb (transitive):
To place a device under the control of another.
Examples:
"to slave a hard disk"