slavey

See also: Slavey

English

Etymology

From slave +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsleɪvi/
Rhymes: -eɪvi

Noun

slavey (plural slaveys or slavies)

(colloquial, now historical) A male servant.
(colloquial, now historical) A maid, maidservant.
- 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 81:
  I told a man on the links yesterday that I'd been a slavey for nine months. I was trying to explain why I was a suffragette […]

Anagrams

Alveys, Laveys, Leavys, Leyvas

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