slaveholding

Other forms: slaveholdings

Definitions of slaveholding
  1. adjective
    allowing slavery
    “the slaveholding South”
    synonyms:
    unfree
    held in servitude
  2. noun
    the practice of owning slaves
    synonyms: slavery
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    type of:
    pattern, practice
    a customary way of operation or behavior
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