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

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Slave as a noun:

    A drudge; one who labours like a slave.

  4. 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"

  5. 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."

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Slave as a noun (engineering):

    A device that is controlled by another device.

  1. Slave as a verb (intransitive):

    To work hard.

    Examples:

    "I was slaving all day over a hot stove."

  2. Slave as a verb (transitive):

    To enslave.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Marston"

  3. Slave as a verb (transitive):

    To place a device under the control of another.

    Examples:

    "to slave a hard disk"

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