slaveholding meaning

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slaveholding (adjective): allowing slavery.

slaveholding has 2 meanings in this dictionary, as adjective and noun.

slaveholding as an adjective

  1. allowing slavery
    • the slaveholding South

    Similar: unfree

slaveholding as a noun

  1. the practice of owning slaves

    Synonyms: slavery

    Type of: practice

Scrabble score: 20 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SL · words ending in NG · 12-letter words

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