Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

men-stealer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables: men-steal-er
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A slave-dealer; someone who seizes other persons to hold those persons as slaves or sell them into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.

Example Sentences

"In abolishing slavery, you abolish that calling of the men-stealer, and in abolishing that calling you abolish slavery."

Inflected Forms

men-stealers (plural) menstealer (alternative)

Phrases

man-stealer

Frequently Paired Words

man-stealer manstealer

Questions

What does men-stealer mean?: A slave-dealer; someone who seizes other persons to hold those persons as slaves or sell them into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.

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