slav·ey (sl  v )n. pl. slav·eys A household servant, especially an overworked one. |
slavey [ˈsleɪvɪ]
n
Brit informal a female general servant
[from slave + -y2]
Slavey [ˈsleɪvɪ]
n
(Social Science / Peoples) a member of a Dene Native Canadian people of northern Canada
[from Athapascan]
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| Noun | 1. | slavey - a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom domestic, domestic help, house servant - a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household |
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