manstealer

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noun

A slave-dealer; someone who seizes another person to hold that person as a slave or sell that person into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.

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Meanings

nounmanstealer (plural manstealers)

plural manstealers · alternative man-stealer

  1. A slave-dealer; someone who seizes another person to hold that person as a slave or sell that person into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.

    The law is made for manstealers.

    1836, American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4

Origin

From man + stealer.

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APA

manstealer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manstealer

MLA

“manstealer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manstealer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manstealer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manstealer.

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